Fagus grandifolia American Beech Fagaceae
| FIA distributions (1101 counties) quartiles: | min | 1st | mean | median | 3rd | max | rank |
| Diameter, cm (8909 plots) | 0.3 | 7.6 | 24.2 | 21.0 | 36.4 | 142.7 | 38 |
| Growth Rate, cm2/yr (3728 plots) | 0.2 | 13.2 | 25.1 | 20.7 | 32.5 | 231.8 | 20 |
| Annual Temperature, °C | 2.2 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 15.3 | 20.4 | 44 |
| January Temperature, °C | -12.5 | -4.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 12.5 | 38 |
| Precipitation, mm | 710 | 1020 | 1160 | 1160 | 1310 | 1930 | 33 |
| Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month | 12.6 | 49.6 | 60.6 | 61.4 | 71.3 | 104.0 | 58 |
| Maximum Elevation, m | 5 | 188 | 432 | 320 | 548 | 2000 | 38 |
| Slope, percent | 0.0 | 4.8 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 16.1 | 51.0 | 20 |
| pH | 2.1 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 63 |
| Permeability, cm/hr | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 14.2 | 30 |
| Organic Matter, percent | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 34.5 | 37 |
| Clay, percent | 2.5 | 16.6 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 27.0 | 46.7 | 60 |
| Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm | 3.1 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 53 |