(Blue Beech)
- Type:
- Tree
- Light Exposure:
- Partial Sun, Shade
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 30 feet
- Project:
- Raingarden, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Green, Red, Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- April, May
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Low
- Salt Tolerance:
- None
- Stress Tolerance:
- Moderately Sensitive
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- Medium
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Larval Host (Butterfly), Larval Host (Moth), Wind
- Counties:
- Aitkinin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Blue Earth, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Le Sueur, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Nicollet, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pine, Polk, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington, Winona
Notes/Description:
Blue Beech (which is not a true Beech but in the Birch family), is a smaller tree that can produce multiple stems, giving it a shrub-like appearance. A good shade garden plant.