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|accepted_name=Fagus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 997. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 432. 1754
|year=1754
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|common_names=Beech;hêtre;haya
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Fagus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fagaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fagus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Classical Latin name, from Greek figos, an oak with edible acorns, probably from Greek fagein, to eat
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree duration"><b>Trees,</b> winter-deciduous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="terminal bud presence;terminal bud length or size;terminal bud shape;scale life cycle;scale arrangement"><b>Terminal </b>buds present, long, tapered in maturity, all scales imbricate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule prominence;stipule duration;growth life cycle"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules prominent on new growth, soon deciduous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf-blade width;secondary-vein architecture;secondary-vein arrangement;tooth shape;tooth prominence"><b>Leaf-</b>blade thin, secondary-veins unbranched, ± parallel, extending to margin, each vein ending in acute or obscure tooth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence reproduction;inflorescence position;growth leaf life cycle"><b>Inflorescences </b>unisexual, axillary in new growth leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture or arrangement;inflorescence architecture or shape;inflorescence arrangement">staminate inflorescence lax, loosely capitate cluster of flowers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence height or length or size;inflorescence fragility;cupule quantity;cupule position or structure subtype">pistillate inflorescence short, stiff, cupule 1, terminal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal fusion"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals connate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity">stamens 6-16;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence">pistillode typically absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;flower quantity"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers 2 per cupule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="sepal fusion">sepals distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style quantity">carpels and styles 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties=""><b>Fruits:</b> maturation in 1st year following pollination;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="cupule architecture;valve fusion;prickle life cycle;prickle architecture;prickle fragility or size;prickle architecture;prickle height or length or size;prickle presence;surface life cycle;surface architecture;surface fragility or size;surface architecture;surface height or length or size;surface presence;valve life cycle;valve architecture;valve fragility or size;valve architecture;valve height or length or size;valve presence">cupule 4-valved, valves distinct, ±completely enclosing nuts until maturity, prickly, prickles stout, unbranched, short, not obscuring surface of cupule, internal valves absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">nuts 2 per cupule, sharply 3-angled, slightly winged.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="nut quantity;nut shape;nut architecture;x chromosome quantity">x = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=Temperate;subtropical;and montane tropical forests;North America (e United States);Mexico;Europe;Asia
|discussion=<p>Species 8-10 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=cooper1977a
|text=Cooper, A. W. and E. P. Mercer. 1977. Morphological variation in Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. in North Carolina. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 93: 136-149.
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|id=hardin1985a
|text=Hardin, J. W. and G. P. Johnson. 1985. Atlas of foliar surface features in woody plants, VIII. Fagus and Castanea (Fagaceae) of eastern North America. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 112: 11-20.
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|id=rehder1907a
|text=Rehder, A. J. 1907. Some new or little known forms of New England trees. Rhodora 9: 109-116.
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name=Fagus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|distribution=Temperate;subtropical;and montane tropical forests;North America (e United States);Mexico;Europe;Asia
|reference=cooper1977a;hardin1985a;rehder1907a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Fagus
|cupule architecture=4-valved
|cupule position or structure subtype=terminal
|cupule quantity=1
|flower architecture=pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate
|flower quantity=2
|growth leaf life cycle=new
|growth life cycle=new
|inflorescence architecture=pistillate;staminate
|inflorescence architecture or arrangement=lax
|inflorescence architecture or shape=capitate
|inflorescence arrangement=cluster
|inflorescence fragility=stiff
|inflorescence height or length or size=short
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence reproduction=unisexual
|leaf-blade width=thin
|nut architecture=winged
|nut quantity=2
|nut shape=3-angled
|pistillode presence=absent
|prickle architecture=unbranched;prickly
|prickle fragility or size=stout
|prickle height or length or size=short
|prickle life cycle=maturity
|prickle presence=absent
|scale arrangement=imbricate
|scale life cycle=maturity
|secondary-vein architecture=unbranched
|secondary-vein arrangement=parallel
|sepal fusion=distinct;connate
|stamen quantity=6;16
|stipule duration=deciduous
|stipule prominence=prominent
|style quantity=3
|surface architecture=unbranched;prickly
|surface fragility or size=stout
|surface height or length or size=short
|surface life cycle=maturity
|surface presence=absent
|terminal bud length or size=long
|terminal bud presence=absent
|terminal bud shape=tapered
|tooth prominence=obscure
|tooth shape=acute
|tree duration=winter-deciduous
|valve architecture=unbranched;prickly
|valve fragility or size=stout
|valve fusion=distinct
|valve height or length or size=short
|valve life cycle=maturity
|valve presence=absent
|x chromosome quantity=12
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