Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Fagus grandifolia

American beech
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

American beech

Sinónimo(s):

Fagus americana

Especie del género:

Fagus grandifolia

Familia:

Fagaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

40-80 (100) ft tall by to 40 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

deciduous

Destacado por:

Fall Color, Interesting Foliage, Interesting Bark

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Shade tree. It is known for its smooth light gray bark. Its leaves turn yellow and then light brown remaining on the tree until nearly spring and providing interest to the winter landscape. If you are privileged to have this tree in the landscape, retain and protect it.

Consideraciones:

This is a large tree that will produce dense shade and many root suckers. Take this into consideration when deciding where to plant it. Slow growing.

Disponibilidad:

Quality Nurseries, Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales

Propagación:

Seed.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Short very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Clay, Loam

pH del suelo:

acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
Selected
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Birds, Mammals

Larval host for walnut sphinx ( Amorpha juglandis ).

Fruits (a nut in a bur) are valued by wildlife. 





Tree valued for nesting by some songbirds.

Hábitats nativos:

Upland, mesic to dry mesic hardwood forests.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Nuts edible.

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. Honkala [Technical coordinators]. (1990). Silvics of North America: Volume 2. Hardwoods. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 654. ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1548 ). Accessed 2025.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2025. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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