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American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)


Identification Food & Medicinal Uses Web Page Links Online Videos References


Identification

KingdomPlantae – Plants
SubkingdomTracheobionta – Vascular plants
SuperdivisionSpermatophyta – Seed plants
DivisionMagnoliophyta – Flowering plants
ClassMagnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
SubclassHamamelididae
OrderFagales
FamilyFagaceae – Beech family
GenusFagus L. – beech
SpeciesFagus grandifolia Ehrh. – American beech


Food & Medicinal Uses

Selection of traditional/historical food, medicinal and other uses gathered from references listed below. Please read referenced books below for complete information.

Food / Drinks 1 2 3

Medicine 1 2

Other Uses 1 2



Web Page Links



Online Videos

Characteristics of the American Beech The Birth of a Beech Tree


References

1
Native American Ethnobotany

by Daniel E. Moerman
Timber Press, c1998
ISBN: 0881924539
2
Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants: A Historical Survey with Special Reference to Eastern Indian Tribes

by Charlotte Erichsen-Brown
Dover Publications, c1989
ISBN: 048625951X
3 Peterson Field Guide for Edible Wild Plants of Eastern/Central North America
by Lee Allen Peterson
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (c1999)
ISBN: 039592622X













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