Plant Description
Deciduous tree to 50 feet, wide spreading; leaves alternate, elliptical, with teeth along the margins; flowers in March to April, separate sexes, male flowers in drooping ball-like clusters, female flowers tiny; fruits maturing September to October, a triangular nut in a spiny, splitting husk; bark smooth, gray.

Fagus grandifolia, American beech

All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell.

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