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Beech
Family, Genus: Fagaceae, Fagus
| Size | 40 - 44 um | |
| Shape | prolate subspheroidal or suboblate | |
| Exine | 1.2 - 2.4 um thick | |
| Intine | thin, .5 - 1.2 um thick, usually somewhat thickened beneath apertures | |
| Pores/Furrows | tricolporate, pores round excedding the | |
| Sculpting | verrucate pilate | |
| Bloom Period | ||
| Allergenicity | Reports of pollen shed are infrequent as it is easily mistaken for Oak, and for the same reason there are few cases of pollinosis attributed to Beech |
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Dr. M. Davis images:
Beech
Links/References:
Bassett, John, Clifford Crompton and John Parmelee. An Atlas of Airborne Pollen Grains and Common Fungus Spores of Canada. Canada Department of Agriculture, 1978.
Jelks, Mary, M.D. Allergy Plants that Cause Sneezing and Wheezing. World Wide Printing, Tampa, 1986.
Kapp, Ronald O. Pollen and Spores, Second Edition. The American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, 2000.
Lewis, Walter H., Prathibha Vinay and Vincent E. Zenger. Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1983.
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