Betulaceae
Family, Species, Characteristics, & Facts
American hornbeam
Betulaceae, family of six genera and about 145 species of woody flowering plants (order Fagales). Members of the family are distributed in temperate and subarctic areas of the Northern Hemisphere, where some reach the northern limit of woody plants; in tropical mountains; and in South America through the Andes as far south as Argentina.
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