American beech is a very popular ornamental due to its low branching and wide horizontal spread; a common tree on Bates Campus. Eschtruth A, Chung M. 1996. American Beech- Fagus grandifolia [Internet] ...

The European beech (Fagus sylvatica) is an important, medium-sized tree native to Europe ... as well as for colonists when agriculture was low. However, they are known to have a distinctly bitter ...