Specimens are pricey, but how about copper beech? Not sure it will tolerate wet roots though.
I cut six trees down in my yard today. Trying to push back the inevitable encroachment of the woods and get some more sunlight on my garden space...
Ironwood. a/k/a American Hornbeam, but not to be confused with hop hornbeam. a/k/a Blue Beech, but it's not beech. Carpinus caroliniana. 23.7...
This is kind of what I had in mind... [ATTACH]
I think that's the same photo.