Only one epecias of beech rov;& iv-.turally in V.is 

 United States, but fev trees In this country ha-vt; -f. v;ic.c.: 

 cornner cial ro.n^e. It extend. f;-on the Gulf of Ixjxico into 

 0-v.otern ^anr.da, <Tid in pr---.cticr-13.y every ple.cc where it 

 grov/s it is cut for .ri->:<vt. "rh-> total yearly output of 

 beech * k ;ood in the Unit-u States is ap_>roxinstely 500 

 million bo:-,rd feet. 



