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Fagus

Genus of broad-leaved trees in the family Fagaceae. There are ten species, native to northern temperate regions. The common beech F. sylvatica is native to Britain; other species include American beech F. grandiflora; the Eastern European F. orientalis; Japanese beech F. japonica; also the Chinese beeches F. engleriana, F. longipetiolata, and F. lucida.
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The trees all belong to one kind, the Fagus betuloides; for the number of the other species of Fagus and of the Winter's Bark, is quite inconsiderable.
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