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Beech Family
8 species
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Quercus (Oaks)
Species: Velutina
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated August 9 2010
More Black Oak
Perennial tree - native to eastern North America
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Quercus (Oaks)
Species: Rubra
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated August 9 2010
More Red Oak
Perennial tree - also known as Northern Red Oak - native
to eastern North America
to eastern North America
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Quercus (Oaks)
Species: Palustris
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated August 9 2010
More Pin Oak
Perennial tree - native to eastern North America
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Quercus (Oaks)
Species: Bicolor
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated August 9 2010
More Swamp White Oak
Perennial tree - native to eastern North America
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Quercus (Oaks)
Species: Robur
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated January 25 2014
More English Oak
Perennial tree - native to Europe
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Quercus (Oaks)
Species: Macrocarpa
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated February 1 2014
More Bur Oak
Perennial tree / shrub - also known as Burr, Mossycup or
Blue Oak - native to eastern North America
Blue Oak - native to eastern North America
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Fagus (Beech)
Species: Grandifolia
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated April 9 2014
More American Beech
Perennial tree - native to eastern North America
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Fagus (Beech)
Species: Sylvatica
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated April 20 2014
More European Beech
Perennial tree - native to Europe
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
Genus: Fagus (Beech)
Species: Sylvatica purpurea
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Updated April 20 2014
More Copper Beech
Perennial tree - also known as Purple Beech- native to
Europe
Europe
European Beech cultivar (Copper Beech)
Black Oak - fruit 1 to 2 cm - leaves 10 to 20 cm - height to 25 m - High Park - May 2010
Red Oak - fruit 1 to 2.5 cm - leaves 10 to 20 cm - height to 25 m - High Park - August 2010
Pin Oak - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaves 7 to 15 cm - height to 20 m - High Park - August 2010
Swamp White Oak - fruit 2 to 3 cm - leaves 12 to 17 cm - height to 22 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010
English Oak - fruit 1.5 to 4 cm - leaves 5 to 12 cm - height to 35 m - Humber Bay Park - August 2010
Oak comparison - High Park - August 2010
Bur Oak - fruit 2 to 3 cm - leaves 15 to 30 cm - height to 15 m - Toronto Islands - August 2011
American Beech - fruit approx. 2 cm - leaves 6 to 14 cm - height to 25 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2010
European Beech - fruit approx. 2 cm - leaves 5 to 10 cm - height to 35 m - West Don Valley (Earl Bales Park) - October 2011