Leaves: Alternate, simple, oblong 2-5 " long with coarsely serrate edges and dark green above, light green and smooth beneath.

LOCATION

Owner: Coggin's Land Co.
Nominated by: Dick Field (July 2007)
Accessible: Coggin Industrial Park, Karen Creek bottom, hillside N. of creek approx. 1/4 mile W. of trail crossing.
Coordinates: State Plane Georgia W. NAD 83 (Feet)
E: 2,502,706 N: 1,437,889

Notes: The American Beech is well suited to the Georgia Piedmont and should be restricted to large areas. It is beautiful in parks, golf courses and other large spaces. The American Beech is easy to propagate, but has been largely overlooked as a landscape specimen. With persistent tan leaves, a hillside of beech trees is a sight to behold throughout the winter months. In nature, the beech grows as a climax species on well - drained slopes in association with maple, hemlock, oak and hickory.

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Bark: Beech bark is thin, smooth, light blue-gray, or silver, becoming darker with age. Near public places, the bark is almost always replete with graffiti and is often called the "love tree".

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