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Photographer: Kenneth J. Sytsma
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Family Fagaceae
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.
American beech, beechnut
Fagus: Latin "to eat" referring to esculent nuts
grandifolia: large-leaved
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, deciduous tree to 65' tall; smooth, gray bark |
| Flower: | blooms in spring |
| Fruit: | brown to reddish brown "bur" opening when ripe; nuts sharply angled and often hollow |
| Leaf: | oval to narrowly oval, base slightly or more pointed, underside with scattered hairs |
| Habitat: | rich woods |
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