Beech
 Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae native to temperate Europe Asia and North America. Recent classification systems of the genus recognize ten to thirteen species in two distinct subgenera Engleriana and Fagus. The Engleriana subgenus is found only in East Asia and is notably distinct from the Fagus subgenus in that these beeches are low-branching trees often made up of several major trunks with yellowish bark.