Fagus grandifolia, American Beech Cross-Section
                This is an image from a stained standard section of Fagus
                  grandifolia, American Beech, made by John P. Limbach of Ripon, Wisconsin.
                
              
              
                Transmitted Brightfield Illumination
                
Definition/Function:
                KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Rosids ORDER:
                Fagales FAMILY: Fagaceae GENUS: Fagus
                SPECIES: grandifolia
                Significance in the Environment:
                Characteristic Features:
                Associated Particles:
                References:
                Core, H.R., W.A. Cote, and A.C. Day, WOOD STRUCTURE AND IDENTIFICATION, Syracuse Wood
                Science Series, Vol. 6, 1979. 
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagus_grandifolia