American Beech

Shade tree. It is known for its smooth light gray bark. Its leaves turn yellow and then light brown remaining on the tree until nearly spring and providing interest to the winter landscape. If you are privileged to have this tree in the landscape, retain and protect it.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

This is a large tree that will produce dense shade and many root suckers. Take this into consideration when deciding where to plant it. Slow growing.

Fruits (a nut in a bur) are valued by wildlife. 

Tree valued for nesting by some songbirds.

Upland, mesic to dry mesic hardwood forests.

• Interesting bark, Fall color, Interesting foliage
• Larval host for walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis).