#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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