How much does it cost to remove an american hornbeam?
Removing an american hornbeam around Indianapolis typically runs $100 to $700, with most jobs near $250. This is the small native that almost never generates a storm call — dense, windfirm wood on a 20-30 ft frame means it sits under power lines and beside patios without failing. It shows up on quotes for clearance pruning, for removal after construction damage, or because someone misidentified it as a beech; genuine hazard removals on hornbeam are rare.
Mature size, and the bracket it puts you in
Typically 20-30 ft tall by 20-35 ft wide (NC State, Morton), while record trees run 65-75 ft, so a yard specimen is nowhere near the species ceiling. Forest Service references describe it as slow-growing and short-lived rather than a century tree; at that size removal sits in the lowest bracket — bucket or a single climb, no crane, with backyard access driving the price more than wood volume.
Condition changes the price
Forest Service silvics calls it very windfirm, and the wood is hard enough that ice bends it rather than snapping it, making it one of the better performers in an Indiana ice event. When one does fail it is almost always the multi-stem form — two or three codominant stems with included bark at the union splitting apart, or a whole leaning stem letting go in saturated clay.
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