American Hornbean: A Great Tree for Sportsmen

The American Hornbeam is a great plant for wildliferot. The water table where this plant is located may
improvement. Deer will browse this tree but it is nothave a high fluctuating water table. A good loam on
preferred. This is a key to its success as a wildlifethe surface helps this plant greatly. This plant can take
improvement plant. If you plant a small apple tree and itsome flooding. American Hornbeam is typically an
grows backwards, what have you accomplished? Theunderstory species and rarely occurs in the overstory
Hornbean is going to make it. That's a greator dominates a stand. Thus, plant this with other
consideration when establishing or imporoving a wildlifecompanion plants and increase the diversity of your
habitat. American Hornbeam is an important food ofhabitat. This will greatly improve the quality of your
gray squirrels. Hornbaeams are important sources forhabitat. I suggest these companion plants with the
other small game animals such as grouse and turkeys.Hornbeam: Black Cherry, Sugar Maple, White Oak,
Its branching attracts many song birds for it makesBlack Oak, Northern , Red Oak, River Birch, Sycamore,
great cover. Rabbits and beavers also like it stems.Pin Oak, and Sweetgum.
Native Range of the American Hornbeam:If you are establishing a large stand you will want to
American hornbeam is native to much of the easternbuy seedlings and smaller plants. These available
United States. This plant can stand a wide variety ofusually in the spring. We do recommend trees 10-15' in
soil conditions. Wet soils can be used but not bog like inheight which we are balled and burlapped throughout
wetness. The roots do need to dry out so they don'tthe season.