Fagus grandifolia, the American beech or North American beech, is the species of beech tree native to the eastern United States and extreme southeast Canada. The genus name Fagus is Latin for "beech", and the species name grandifolia comes from grandis "large" and folium "leaf".
Fruit type | Nut |
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Fruit season | Fall, Summer |
Leaf arrangement | Alternate |
Simple/compound | Simple |
Evergreen or deciduous | Deciduous, Evergreen, Semi-evergreen |
Leaf margin | Serrated |
Bark color | Gray |
Flower color | green |