American beech
NativeFagus grandifolia
Beech (Fagaceae) · Other broadleaf · 60–80 ft
Knowing it
Smooth gray bark, papery winter leaves on young trees, and triangular nuts. In Missouri only in the far southeast, Bootheel ridges and the eastern Ozark foothills.
What a tree company sees
Shallow roots; declines after grading or compaction. Beech bark disease is not yet in Missouri.
Recorded in 13 counties
- Bollinger County
- Butler County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Scott County
- St. Charles County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.