Georgia Coastal Plain Native Plants
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American beech - Fagus grandifolia

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USDA Plant Code: FAGR Light Requirement: part shade - full shade Soil Moisture: medium/moist Height: 50-80 feet Leaves: deciduous Protected Plant: no Commonly Available at Nurseries : yes Growth Habits: tree, Hardiness Zone: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a Salt Tolerance : yes Drought Tolerance: no

Birds, Mammals and Other Wildlife: yes Riparian Buffers: yes All Pollinators: yes Native Bees and other Pollinators: no Butterflies and Moths: yes Hummingbird: no Rain Garden: no Bloom Color: yellow/green Bloom Period: spring Fragrant: no

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Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); David Cappaert, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Bill Cook, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Bill Cook, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Fruit(s); Bill Cook, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Bill Cook, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Bill Cook, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); David Stephens, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); David Stephens, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); David Stephens, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); David Stephens, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); David Stephens, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); Typical winter foliage. The leaves do not fall until the new leaves push them off. David Stephens, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Typical view of trunk and bark. David Stephens, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Typical view of trunk and bark. David Stephens, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Joseph OBrien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Wendy VanDyk Evans, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Bark; Wendy VanDyk Evans, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Sapling(s); Wendy VanDyk Evans, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); beech and Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda); photo 3 March 1974 Sturgis McKeever, Georgia Southern University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Richard Webb, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); Richard Webb, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Dow Gardens , Dow Gardens, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); mature Franklin Bonner, USFS (ret.), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); American beech winter twig (Fagus grandifolia) Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Fruit(s); American beech (Fagus grandifolia) fruit (a nut) and foliage Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); American beech buds expanding early spring (Fagus grandifolia) Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Bark; Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Flower(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Twig(s)/Shoot(s); Terminal bud of an American beech Brett Marshall, Sault College, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; American beech bark Brett Marshall, Sault College, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage

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