The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best known trees. The order name is derived from genus Fagus, Beeches. They belong among the rosid group of dicotyledons. The families currently included are as follows: Betulaceae - Birch family Casuarinaceae - She-oak family Fagaceae - Beech family Juglandaceae - Walnut family Myricaceae - Bayberry family Nothofagaceae - Southern beech family Rhoipteleaceae - Rhoiptelea family Ticodendraceae - Ticodendron family Older… (More on Fagales)