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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fagus grandifolia +
FAMILY
Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fagus grandifolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 055-01-001:
Fagus grandifolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Beech
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_fagr_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_fagr_004_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_fagr_006_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_f_grandifolia_3608
January Hampton County SC
Lake Warren State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0402d_19
February Greenville County SC
Furman University
Bark is smooth and grayish, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0303l_19
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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JK Marlow jkm0503b_34
March Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0204d_19
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves often remain throughout the winter, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0304o_15
April Greenville County SC
Buds 1" long, lance-shaped, very sharp-pointed; bud scales lustrous tan, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7263
April Rabun County GA
Staminate flowers in spherical drooping heads on slender peduncles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s030621_a
June Greenville County SC
Recognized by leaves with dentate margin, the tip acuminate, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Gill Newberry gn07_f_grandifolia_branch
July
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JK Marlow jkm090726_103
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fruit is a softly prickled bur enclosing 2-3 nuts, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm090726_107
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Beechnuts are three-cornered and small but solidly full of meat, per Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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JK Marlow jkm140730_242
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
To see more pictures of this, google "root tree Greenville SC", per USA Today.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfgrandifolia_frthome
July Anderson County SC
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Gill Newberry gn08_f_grandifolia_veins_
August
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Gill Newberry gn08_f_trunk_with_heart
August
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Gill Newberry gn08_fagus_leaf
August
Leaves have straight, evenly spaced secondary veins, per Fall Color & Woodland Harvests.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_grandifolia_2_bark
August Floyd County GA
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Paul Thompson pstfagus_grandifolia
September?
Note glossy leaves with acuminate tips and parallel lateral veins. — Clemson Extension
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Gill Newberry gn10_fagus_nuts
October
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JK Marlow jkm0211j_13
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0511e_21
November Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm061104_089
November Swain County NC
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Paul Thompson pstfagus_grandifolia2
Month Unknown