Fagus sylvatica L.
European beech, common beech
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Fagus sylvatica L. var. atropunicea Weston
10/10/2011 · Near Nashua River, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) 
An insect called beech scale, (Cryptococcus fagisuga), punctures holes in the bark of beeches, allowing entry of fungi, Nectria coccinea var. faginata or sometimes Nectria galligena. The fungi in turn cause the distortions in the bark, called beech bark disease. Eventually it is fatal. · 5/2/2021 · Maquoit Bay, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 6 × 10″ (16 × 24 cm) 
7/5/2012 · Groton Place and Sabine Woods, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) 
10/10/2011 · Near Nashua River, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 12″ (20 × 31 cm) 
7/5/2012 · Groton Place and Sabine Woods, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Fagales | Birch, she-oak, beech, walnut, bayberry, others |
| Family | Fagaceae | Beech familhy |
| Genus | Fagus | Latin for “beech” |
| Species | sylvatica |
Fagus sylvatica description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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