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Hornbeam is considered native from Western Asia and throughout Europe. [1] The species prefers a warm climate, and only naturally occurs below 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) in elevation. It is a common tree in scree forests. [2] Hornbeam was frequently coppiced and pollarded in the past in England. It is still infrequently managed using these ...
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 ...
'Lobel' is a fastigiate, small-crowned, tree not unlike the pyramidal Hornbeam Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The typically acuminate leaves are < 11 cm long × < 7 cm broad, and notably late to flush, rarely before mid-May.
Carpinus fangiana, the monkeytail hornbeam, is a species of flowering plant in the family Betulaceae. [1] [4] It is native to southern China; Sichuan, eastern Yunnan, northern Guangxi, and Guizhou. [3] [1] A tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), it is typically found in forested mountain valleys at elevations from 900 to 2,000 m (3,000 to 6,600 ft). [1]
The leaf structure also varies, with Carpinus austrobalcanica having a flat leaf surface that is not wavy, while the other species (common hornbeam) has strongly wavy leaves. The leaf venation in C. austrobalcanica is not pronounced and more or less in the plane of the leaf surface. In contrast, common hornbeam has a pronounced venation.
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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 .