| The American Hornbeam is a great plant for wildlife | | | | rot. The water table where this plant is located may |
| improvement. Deer will browse this tree but it is not | | | | have a high fluctuating water table. A good loam on |
| preferred. This is a key to its success as a wildlife | | | | the surface helps this plant greatly. This plant can take |
| improvement plant. If you plant a small apple tree and it | | | | some flooding. American Hornbeam is typically an |
| grows backwards, what have you accomplished? The | | | | understory species and rarely occurs in the overstory |
| Hornbean is going to make it. That's a great | | | | or dominates a stand. Thus, plant this with other |
| consideration when establishing or imporoving a wildlife | | | | companion plants and increase the diversity of your |
| habitat. American Hornbeam is an important food of | | | | habitat. This will greatly improve the quality of your |
| gray squirrels. Hornbaeams are important sources for | | | | habitat. 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 makes | | | | Black 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 eastern | | | | buy seedlings and smaller plants. These available |
| United States. This plant can stand a wide variety of | | | | usually in the spring. We do recommend trees 10-15' in |
| soil conditions. Wet soils can be used but not bog like in | | | | height which we are balled and burlapped throughout |
| wetness. The roots do need to dry out so they don't | | | | the season. |