We went snowshoeing as a class at Stone Valley. I took a photograph of an American Beech tree. Its scientific name is Fagus Grandifolia. It is native to eastern North America. The fruit is a small, sharply-angled nut, borne in pairs in a soft-spined, four-lobed husk. The American beech is a shade-tolerant species. It is commonly associated with Sugar Maple, Yellow Birch, and Eastern Hemlock.

The American Beech is used for furniture, paper, and also food for animals. Opossums, black bears, white-tailed deer, rabbits, ruffed grouse, red and gray squirrels, flying foxes, porcupines and many other animals eat American Beech. The nuts that fall off the tree can be harvested and sold for food.

Habitat: snow, woods/forest

What I found interesting: only leaves I saw... Loved how the photograph turned out with an all white background. Makes the leaves really stand out.