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Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. 1787

Fagaceae (APG IV)
American beech
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: native to southeastern Canada and the eastern United States incl. southern States of the Great Plains, isolated sites in Mexico

Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. - Accepted: Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. - Accepted: Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Fagaceae (Zander 2008)
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. - Accepted: Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. - Accepted: Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)

Flowers
monoecious
Flower ecology
wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
Life form
tree
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
paired nut fruit in a soft-spined cupule
Fruit ecology
barochorous and zoochorous (herbivors and birds)
Light conditions
very shade tolerant species
Natural occurrence (habitat)
mixed deciduous forests (e.g. Sugar Maple-Beech-Yellow Birch Forest, Red Spruce-Sugar Maple-Beech Forest and Beech-Sugar Maple Forest)
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
temperate, mixed mesophytic deciduous forests
Constraints according moisture
sensitive to drought, frost and frequent flooding
Usage
as fuel wood because of its high density and good burning qualities; the roasted seed is a coffee substitute; timber suited for the production of flooring, furniture, veneer, plywood and railway ties; used for the production of handicrafts and in the manufacture of paper and pulp

Kew Gardens and Collaborators (2017): Plants of the World Online. see: plantsoftheworldonline.org.;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;





Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 4.3.2020
Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 30.1.2019

In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map.
If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.

Sex Standort Accession number Planting year Donation IPEN Lat. Long.
Parzelle L EG-L-030-23286 2016 + XX-0-HOH-EG-L-030-23286 48,7078363751 9,2082234096
Parzelle E SP-EB-008-9956 2018 XX-0-HOH-SP-EB-008-9956 48,71137903 9,2117399598
Parzelle E SP-EB-054-9981 2015 XX-0-HOH-SP-EB-054-9981 48,7108231109 9,211976832