The Common Beech ( Fagus sylvatica) is our November Tree of the Month. Beautiful yellows and browns appear as the season ...

These nuts are very high in fat content and are an important food source for many wildlife species in Maine. Bears, especially, are known to be very predatorial about beech trees, returning to trees ...

Similar to American beech, the fruit (a beech nut) is a small nut borne in burrs with soft spines. European beech trees do not begin to produce beech nuts until they are roughly 40 years of age.

The forest will be totally different,” he said. Beech trees, which grow beech nuts, are an important food for bears and deer. Beech is not typically used for timber because it’s already ...