American Beech

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Water

Water Use Medium

Soil

CaCO3 Tolerance Low

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Host Acleris chalybeana, Acronicta americana, Acronicta clarescens, Acronicta impressa, Acronicta ovata, Acronicta tristis, Actias luna luna, Alsophila pometaria, Amorpha juglandis, Anisota virginiensis, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Apoda y-inversum, Automeris io io, Bucculatrix packardella, Catastega aceriella, Charadra deridens, Choristoneura conflictana, Choristoneura fractivittana, Choristoneura fumiferana, Clepsis persicana, Colocasia flavicornis, Colocasia propinquilinea, Crocigrapha normani, Dasychira dorsipennata, Dasychira obliquata, Dasylophia thyatiroides, Datana integerrima, Datana ministra, Dryocampa rubicunda, Eacles imperialis, Ennomos magnaria, Ennomos subsignaria, Erora laeta, Erora laeta laeta, Euclea delphinii, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Halysidota tessellaris, Heterocampa guttivitta, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria, Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata, Lithacodes fasciola, Lithophane bethunei, Lochmaeus manteo, Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Machimia tetoriferella, Macrurocampa marthesia, Malacosoma americana, Melanolophia canadaria, Meroptera pravella, Morrisonia latex, Nadata gibbosa, Neurobathra strigifinitella, Olethreutes appendiceum, Olethreutes fagigemmeana, Oligocentria semirufescens, Operophtera bruceata, Orgyia leucostigma, Orthosia hibisci, Orthosia revicta, Packardia elegans, Pandemis lamprosana, Panopoda rufimargo, Paraclemensia acerifoliella, Phigalia titea, Phyllonorycter restrictella, Plagodis serinaria, Pococera asperatella, Prolimacodes badia, Psilocorsis cryptolechiella, Psilocorsis quercicella, Schizura ipomoeae, Schizura leptinoides, Schizura unicornis, Sparganothis pettitana, Symmerista albifrons, Symmerista canicosta, Symmerista leucitys, Tortricidia pallida

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
MEX: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast
CAN: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.