American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Summary 10

Distinguishing Features: Toothed and corrugated leaflets surface

Shape: 20 to 30 feet tall, and as wide or wider
Branching: Alternate
Leaf: Compound, with toothed and corrugated leaflets
Flower: Female flowers 4 inches long attached to a 3-winged bract; male flowers are catkins, 1 to 2 inches long
Bark: Smooth gray-brown, with vertical ridges, and fluted base
Fruit or Seed: Small nutlet, 1 inch long. Numerous nutlets are held together in pendulous chain-like clusters.

Source URL:
http://phillytreemap.org/
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/

Alternative names 11

Ironwood, musclewood, muscle beech, blue beech, water beech

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Erutuon, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8518482@N07/521973153
  2. (c) Tom Potterfield, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/tgpotterfield/6953505855/
  3. (c) Suzanne Cadwell, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/scadwell/8623179428/
  4. (c) Suzanne Cadwell, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/scadwell/8622074621/
  5. (c) Sherief Saleh, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A22-2-Carpinus_caroliniana_(American_Hornbeam).JPG
  6. (c) Nicolette Khan, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Nicolette Khan
  7. (c) Erin Faulkner, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Erin Faulkner
  8. (c) Selim Zedan Heneidy, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/5562200047_1dc0ee2638.jpg
  9. (c) Sherief Saleh, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A28-1-Carpinus_caroliniana_(American_Hornbeam).JPG
  10. (c) earthwatchtrees, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
  11. (c) USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center & the Biota of North America Program, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/1380413

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