Beech. Fagus atropunicea (Marsh.) Sudworth. Fagus ferruginea Ait.
Nomenclature. (Sudworth.)
Beech (local and common name).
Red Beech (Me., Vt., Ky., Ohio.).
White Beech (Me., Ohio., Mich.).
Ridge Beech (Ark.).
Locality.
Nova Scotia to Florida, westward intermittently to Wisconsin and Texas.
Features of Tree.
Sixty to eighty feet, occasionally higher; two to four feet in diameter. Small rough burr contains two thin-shelled nuts.