#subclass_Hamamelidae__Hamamelidae  a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder
  supertype:  #class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  #class_Dicotyledones
  member:  #hamamelid_dicot_family__hamameliddicotfamily  family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
  member:  #hamamelid_dicot_genus__hamameliddicotgenu  genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
  member:  #order_Fagales__Fagales  an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
     member:  #family_Fagaceae__Fagaceae__beech_family__beechfamily  chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; Quercus
        member:  #genus_Fagus__Fagus  beeches
           member:  #beech_tree__beechtree__beech  any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth gray bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
           member:  #common_beech__European_beech__Fagus_sylvatica  large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
           member:  #copper_beech__purple_beech__Fagus_sylvatica_atropunicea__Fagus_purpurea__Fagus_sylvatica_purpurea  variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
           member:  #American_beech__white_beech__red_beech__redbeech__Fagus_grandifolia__Fagus_americana  North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
           member:  #weeping_beech__weepingbeech__Fagus_pendula__Fagus_sylvatica_pendula  variety of European beech with pendulous limbs
           member:  #Japanese_beech  a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood
        member:  #genus_Castanea__Castanea  chestnuts; chinkapins
           member:  #chestnut_tree__chestnut  any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
           member:  #American_chestnut__American_sweet_chestnut__Castanea_dentata  large tree found from Maine to Alabama
           member:  #Chinese_chestnut__Castanea_mollissima  a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
           member:  #Japanese_chestnut__Castanea_crenata  a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk
           member:  #Allegheny_chinkapin__eastern_chinquapin__easternchinquapin__chinquapin__dwarf_chestnut__dwarfchestnut__Castanea_pumila  shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
           member:  #Ozark_chinkapin__Ozark_chinquapin__chinquapin__Castanea_ozarkensis  shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwest United States
        member:  #genus_Castanopsis__Castanopsis  evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand
           member:  #oak_chestnut__oakchestnut  a tree of the genus Castanopsis
        member:  #genus_Chrysolepis__Chrysolepis  two species: golden chinkapins
           member:  #giant_chinkapin__giantchinkapin__golden_chinkapin__Chrysolepis_chrysophylla__Castanea_chrysophylla__Castanopsis_chrysophylla  small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts
           member:  #dwarf_golden_chinkapin__Chrysolepis_sempervirens  evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California
        member:  #genus_Lithocarpus__Lithocarpus  tanbark oaks
           member:  #tanbark_oak__tanbarkoak__Lithocarpus_densiflorus  evergreen oak of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark
        member:  #genus_Nothofagus__Nothofagus  beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech
           member:  #southern_beech__evergreen_beech__evergreenbeech  any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves
           member:  #Coigue__Nothofagus_dombeyi  Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching
           member:  #New-Zealand_beech  any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber
           member:  #silver_beech__Nothofagus_menziesii  New Zealand beech with usually pale silvery bark
           member:  #roble_beech__roblebeech__Nothofagus_obliqua  tall deciduous South American tree
           member:  #rauli_beech__raulibeech__Nothofagus_procera  large Chilean timber tree yielding coarse lumber
           member:  #black_beech__blackbeech__Nothofagus_solanderi  New Zealand forest tree
           member:  #hard_beech__Nothofagus_truncata  tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood
        member:  #genus_Quercus__Quercus  oaks
           member:  #oak_tree__oaktree__oak  a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"
           member:  #Japanese_oak__Quercus_mongolica__Quercus_grosseserrata  oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan
           member:  #huckleberry_oak__huckleberryoak__Quercus_vaccinifolia  a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry
     member:  #family_Betulaceae__Betulaceae__birch_family__birchfamily  monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
        member:  #genus_Betula__Betula  a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
           member:  #birch_tree__birchtree__birch  any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
           member:  #yellow_birch__Betula_alleghaniensis__Betula_leutea  tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or gray bark
           member:  #American_white_birch__paper_birch__paperbirch__canoe_birch__canoebirch__Betula_cordifolia__Betula_papyrifera  small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
           member:  #American_gray_birch__gray_birch__Betula_populifolia  medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale gray bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
           member:  #silver_birch__common_birch__European_white_birch__Betula_pendula  European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
           member:  #downy_birch__downybirch__white_birch__whitebirch__Betula_pubescens  European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
           member:  #black_birch__river_birch__red_birch__redbirch__Betula_nigra  birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
           member:  #sweet_birch__cherry_birch__black_birch__Betula_lenta  common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
           member:  #Yukon_white_birch__Betula_neoalaskana  Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
           member:  #swamp_birch__water_birch__mountain_birch__Western_paper_birch__Western_birch__Betula_fontinalis  birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
           member:  #Newfoundland_dwarf_birch__American_dwarf_birch__Betula_glandulosa  small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
        member:  #genus_Alnus__Alnus  alders
           member:  #alder_tree__aldertree__alder  north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the rot-resistant wood
           member:  #common_alder__European_black_alder__Alnus_glutinosa__Alnus_vulgaris  medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
           member:  #gray_alder__Alnus_incana  native to Europe but introduced in America
           member:  #seaside_alder__seasidealder__Alnus_maritima  shrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown wood
           member:  #white_alder__whitealder__mountain_alder__Alnus_rhombifolia  tree of western United States
           member:  #red_alder__redalder__Oregon_alder__Alnus_rubra  large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture
           member:  #speckled_alder__Alnus_rugosa  common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having shoots scattered with rust-colored down
           member:  #smooth_alder__hazel_alder__hazelalder__Alnus_serrulata  common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark
           member:  #Alnus_veridis__green_alder__greenalder  shrub of mountainous areas of Europe
           member:  #green_alder__greenalder__Alnus_veridis_crispa__Alnus_crispa  North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts
        member:  #subfamily_Carpinaceae__Carpinaceae__family_Carpinaceae  used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus; Ostryopsis; and Ostryopsis
        member:  #genus_Carpinus__Carpinus  mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae
           member:  #hornbeam  any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
           member:  #European_hornbeam__Carpinus_betulus  medium-sized Old World tree with smooth gray bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn
           member:  #American_hornbeam__Carpinus_caroliniana  tree or large shrub with gray bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn
        member:  #genus_Ostrya__Ostrya  deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
           member:  #hop_hornbeam__hophornbeam  any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
           member:  #Old_World_hop_hornbeam__Ostrya_carpinifolia  medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
           member:  #Eastern_hop_hornbeam__ironwood__ironwood_tree__Ostrya_virginiana  medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
        member:  #genus_Ostryopsis__Ostryopsis  deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
        member:  #subfamily_Corylaceae__Corylaceae__family_Corylaceae  used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus
        member:  #genus_Corylus__Corylus  deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae
           member:  #hazelnut_tree__hazelnut__hazel  any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
  member:  #group_Amentiferae__Amentiferae  used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins
  member:  #genus_Hamamelidanthum__Hamamelidanthum  genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region
  member:  #genus_Hamamelidoxylon__Hamamelidoxylon  genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel
  member:  #genus_Hamamelites__Hamamelites  genus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel
  member:  #family_Hamamelidaceae__Hamamelidaceae__witch-hazel_family__witchhazelfamily  comprises genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; other small genera
     member:  #genus_Hamamelis__Hamamelis  deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel
        member:  #wych_hazel__witch_hazel  any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion
     member:  #genus_Corylopsis__Corylopsis  small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia
        member:  #winter_hazel__flowering_hazel__floweringhazel  any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves
     member:  #genus_Fothergilla  small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States
        member:  #fothergilla__witch_alder__witchalder  any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains
     member:  #genus_Liquidambar  sweet gum
        member:  #liquidambar  any tree of the genus Liquidambar
        member:  #American_sweet_gum__sweet_gum__sweetgum__sweet_gum_tree__sweetgumtree__bilsted__red_gum__redgum__Liquidambar_styraciflua  a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
     member:  #genus_Parrotia__Parrotia  1 species: irontree
        member:  #irontree__ironwood__ironwood_tree  a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
     member:  #genus_Parrotiopsis__Parrotiopsis  1 species: deciduous tree of the Himalaya Mountains

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