American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)

On this point we circled back around to previous points and this is where we'll finish the tour. This point has an American Beech tree. This particular American Beech is suffering from Beech Bark Disease and is dying from the top down. I included this species into my tour because they are a very important species to wildlife from some eating their nuts and others utilizing the tree itself such as Black Bears.