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Carpinus caroliniana, the American hornbeam, is a small hardwood understory tree in the genus Carpinus. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech , ironwood , musclewood and muscle beech . It is native to eastern North America , from Minnesota and southern Ontario east to Maine , and south to eastern Texas and northern Florida .
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 ...
Ostrya virginiana (American hophornbeam) is a small deciduous understory tree growing to 18 m (59 ft) tall and 20–50 centimetres (8–20 in) trunk diameter. The bark is brown to gray-brown, with narrow shaggy plates flaking off, while younger twigs and branches are smoother and gray, with small lenticels.
The American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) is a deciduous hardwood that prefers shade. "This is a cold-resistant tree that will even do well in zones 3 and 4," says Sons.
American hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) "is a very adaptable North American native that makes an attractive medium-size shade tree,” Buley says. Resistant to pests and tolerant of drought and ...
Among the many features of the American hornbeam: They boast 'muscular' trunks, colorful leaves in spring and fall, and work well along creeksides.
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Planting native tree species with habitat value and medicinal properties, as well as adaptability to climate change. In addition to oaks and pines, plants will include birches, American hornbeam ...