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For me, the American beech is the most noble, elegant and beautiful of all North American trees.
This tree proclaims grandeur at all seasons, even in winter when leaves, held on the tree from the previous summer, are of a delicate shade of pale brown. In the slanted light of cold, winter days — and especially when there is snow on the ground — they have rusty gold tints.
New beech leaves appear late in the spring, testing my patience. They are worth the wait. These new leaves are now unfurling from the long — an inch or more — narrow, and sharp winter buds that have a gold-brown color. Who would have thought that so much perfection could be contained in so small a container?
Leaves of the American beech, arranged alternately along the twig, are perfect in color, texture and symmetry. On first appearance they are of that shade I call “spring green,” a pale emerald with a hint of yellow. Thin, delicate and silky, new beech leaves have the feel of fine velvet.
The Latin name of the beech, Fagus grandifolia describes the leaf of this fine tree. Grandifolia translates to “large-leaved.” I like to think the word “grand” also has the
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