Fagales: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	beech order

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Large European beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) with dense orange autumn foliage standing alone in a grassy field in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

White birch tree (Betula alba) with slender white trunks and sparse branches stands in a grassy field under a partly cloudy sky.

Adirondack Mountains

Cork oak tree (Quercus suber) with thick, rough bark partially stripped, revealing smooth, reddish inner trunk and branches against a blue sky.

Observe the opening of beech leaf buds

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Fagaceae Rhoipteleaceae Nothofagaceae Ticodendraceae Juglandaceae Casuarinaceae Myricaceae Betulaceae Balanopaceae Betuleae Rosales Malpighiales Fabales Cucurbitales Zygophyllales Oxalidales Celastrales Trochodendrales Didymelales

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous