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Scientific Name(s): Fagus grandifolia Abundance: uncommon What: nuts, inner bark, young leaves How: nuts raw, roasted; inner bark toasted, boiled; young leaves raw Where: woods When: winter, spring, summer, fall Nutritional Value: calories Dangers: beech nuts contain small amounts of oxalic acid and a few other compounds with minor toxicity.Small amounts of the nuts can be eaten raw but larger quantities should be roasted to remove the compounds. Leaf Arrangement: Beech tree leaves are…

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Fagus grandifolia (American beech or North American beech) is the species of beech tree native to the eastern United States and Canada. The genus name Fagus is Latin for "beech", and the species name grandifolia comes from grandis "large" and folium "leaf".

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Beech species can be readily identified by their leaves. Red and hard beech are the largest – about 2 centimetres long. Red beech (Nothofagus fusca) leaves have deeply notched toothed edges, like saw teeth. Hard beech (N. truncata) leaves have blunt teeth. Silver beech (N...

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