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A leaf of the Beach [beech] from the sulphur Springs, Gene. [Genesee, N.Y.]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 18, 1805

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 2

Notes:

The American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) is a large deciduous tree that grows in northern hardwood forests in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

American Beech

Current Scientific Name

Fagus grandifolia