American Beech
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-9
- Spacing: 50' to 70'
- Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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Walking through an American Beech tree forest has a soothing effect on frazzled nerves. Feeling sheltered under its magnificent domed canopy, watching the shadow-play on the smooth gray trunks, and hearing the bustle of squirrels foraging for Beech nuts, you can’t help but feel your worries fade away. You can bring a bit of this magic to your own space by planting this noble, native shade tree on your property. And while you’ll enjoy watching your tree grow and change through the seasons, even more satisfying, perhaps, will be pleasure of knowing the joy you’ll pass along to others. Planting a Beech tree today is a wonderful and generous gift to many generations to come.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-9
- Spacing: 50' to 70'
- Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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The Story
American Beech is possibly our country’s most elegant forest tree. In winter, its bleached, tissue-paper leaves flutter against slate-gray trunks, in spring, jade-green leaves emerge, in fall, the foliage turns shades of warm yellow and topaz. Native across a broad expanse of the Eastern U.S. and Canada, American Beech is a climax species, eventually dominating a forest if conditions are right. It can grow to over 100 feet tall in the wild. Its nuts feed deer, bears, porcupines, squirrels, turkeys, blue jays, and at one time, passenger pigeons—now extinct.
The Details
An American classic! Easily identified by its smooth gray bark (it kinda looks like elephant skin) and bright green leaves. The grandeur of this tree shows in the massive branching structure of mature trees. A legacy tree for sure.
How to Grow
American Beech is particular in its needs. It prefers the woodsy soils that it calls home, so if you live in an older neighborhood and native beeches grow nearby, this tree may be a good fit. Newer subdivisions where the topsoil has been scraped off spell trouble. American Beech likes a steady supply of moisture, but no standing water, and it won’t tolerate soil being piled on top of its roots, as happens sometimes during construction projects. It is shallow-rooted and needs to “breathe,” just like you and me.
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Size Guide
Scale
Size B
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Size B Trees:
6-8' tall when shipped, well spaced branching and developed structure. Faster growing with age, the slow years behind us with this landscape ready size. Grown in #15 tree container.
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