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  2. Hornbeam - Wikipedia

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    The common English name hornbeam derives from the hardness of the woods (likened to horn) and the Old English beam, "tree" (cognate with Dutch Boom and German Baum).. The American hornbeam is also occasionally known as blue-beech, ironwood, or musclewood, the first from the resemblance of the bark to that of the American beech Fagus grandifolia, the other two from the hardness of the wood and ...

  3. Carpinus betulus - Wikipedia

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    Carpinus betulus, the European or common hornbeam, is a species of tree in the birch family Betulaceae, native to Western Asia and central, eastern, and southern Europe, including southern England. [1] It requires a warm climate for good growth, and occurs only at elevations up to 1,000 metres (3,281 ft).

  4. List of tree species by shade tolerance - Wikipedia

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    Abies alba, European Silver Fir, especially shade tolerant [4] Acer platanoides, Norway Maple; Acer pseudoplatanus, Sycamore Maple; Carpinus betulus, European Hornbeam; Fagus sylvatica, European Beech, especially shade tolerant [4] Ilex aquifolium, European Holly; Ostrya carpinifolia, European Hop-Hornbeam; Prunus avium, Wild Cherry

  5. Carpinus austrobalcanica - Wikipedia

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    C. austrobalcanica is a deciduous tree reaching heights up to 15 meters. It is "closely related" [1] to, but differs from the similar common European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) in a number of characters.

  6. Betulaceae - Wikipedia

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    Catkins of the hazel (Corylus avellana)Betulaceae, the birch family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams, numbering a total of 167 species. [2]

  7. Ostrya - Wikipedia

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    Ostrya is a genus of eight to 10 small deciduous trees belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. Common names include hop-hornbeam and hophornbeam. It may also be called ironwood, a name shared with a number of other plants. The genus is native in southern Europe, southwest and eastern Asia, and North and Central America. [1]

  8. Southern Balkan hornbeam - Wikipedia

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    The southern Balkan hornbeam (Carpinus austrobalcanica) is a species of hardwood tree in the family Betulaceae, subfamily Coryloideae, native only to the southern Balkan Peninsula, in particular southern Albania and northwestern Greece.

  9. Ostrya carpinifolia - Wikipedia

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    Ostrya carpinifolia, the European hop-hornbeam, is a tree in the family Betulaceae. It is the only species of the genus Ostrya that is native to Europe. The specific epithet carpinifolia means "hornbeam-leaved", from carpinus , the Latin word for " hornbeam ".