• Height: 40-60 ft
• Spread: 30-40 ft
  
• Light: Full sun-Part shade
  
• Soil: Dry-Average, Well drained
  
• Zone: 4-8
  
• Deer Resistance: Moderate
  
• Deciduous
• Non-native

European hornbeams are often used as hedges or pruned to specific forms but can grow naturally in more of a tree form. It is shade tolerant but prefers full sun to part shade.