American Beech Fagus grandifolia Ehrhart  
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Fagales   >   Family Fagaceae   >   Genus Fagus   

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Host plant for various moth species including Banded Tussock Moth (Database of World's Lepidopteran Host Plants). Frequently host to the mite Aceria ferruginea.

Host to the fungus Scorias spongiosa.

Associated with Knothole Moss.

There are 482 records in the project database.

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American Beech in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/19/2012). Photo by Brandon Woo. (MBP list)

American Beech growing in Kent Co., Maryland (4/27/2014). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

American Beech in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/12/2015). Photo by Mike Ostrowski. (MBP list)

American Beech in Talbot Co., Maryland (3/26/2016). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

An American Beech in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (12/12/2015). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

American Beech leaves in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/17/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

An American Beech in Harford Co., Maryland (5/3/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

American Beech in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/2/2016). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Young fruit of an American Beech in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2015). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

American Beech in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/21/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

American Beech blooming in Caroline Co., Maryland (4/18/2017). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

American Beech in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/12/2011). Male flowers opening up. Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

American Beech, shoot with new leaves and cluster of male flowers, in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/3/2016). Photo by Jane Hill. (MBP list)

The bud of an American Beech in Talbot Co., Maryland (2/25/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

American Beech in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (2/17/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

American Beech in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/28/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

American Beech hosting Aceria ferruginea in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/24/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

An American Beech with atypical roots in Howard Co., Maryland (12/12/2015). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

American Beech in Howard Co., Maryland (5/7/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

American Beech in Calvert Co., Maryland (12/17/2017). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

American Beech in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). Photo by Elizabeth Miller. (MBP list)


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