North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

Fagaceae>Fagus
	American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) Watauga Co., NC 25 July 2006 Common statewide in rich woods in NC, this forest tree has leaves where each vein ends in a tooth.
	American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) Orange Co., NC 8 June 2008
	American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) Orange Co., NC 8 June 2008 Fruits are nuts that are edible but somewhat labor intensive to obtain & prepare.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.