Order

Fagales (Beeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies)

Corylus cornuta. Photo: (c) Sue Wetmore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best-known trees. The order name is derived from genus Fagus, beeches. They belong among the rosid group of dicotyledons. The families and genera currently included are as follows:

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Fagales (Beeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies)
        Family: Myricaceae (Wax trees and shrubs) (1)
        Family: Betulaceae (Birch family) (4)
        Family: Fagaceae (Beech family) (11)

Subtaxa

Family: Myricaceae (Wax trees and shrubs)

Family: Betulaceae (Birch family)

Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)

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