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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.
Keep a watchful eye out for a new disease affecting beech trees: "New Leaf Disease is a Beech"
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 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
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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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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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JK Marlow jkm200804_6831
August Spartanburg County SC
"Grylloprociphilus imbricator" - not considered a serious threat to beech trees.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_grandifolia_2_bark
August Floyd County GA
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JK Marlow jkm200908_7135
September Spartanburg County SC
When disturbed, "boogie-woogie aphids" lift and pulse their fuzzy posteriors.
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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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JK Marlow jkm201107_8110
November Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
A glorious display of fall color with a young beech in the foreround.
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Steve Marlow snm_607beech3_sspsel
November Greenville County SC
Southside County Park
Recognized by leaves with dentate margin, the tip acuminate, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Paul Thompson pstfagus_grandifolia2
Month Unknown