Ostrya virginiana - Wikipedia
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.
Ostrya virginiana - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
Range from Florida west to Texas, northwest to Wyoming, north to Manitoba, east to Nova Scotia. Native to North Carolina. Possible host plant for Red-spotted Purple and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. Nutlets are eaten by songbirds, wild turkeys, quail, and small mammals.
Ostrya virginiana - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Ostrya virginiana, commonly called American hop hornbeam, is a deciduous, Missouri native tree which usually occurs in dry soils on rocky slopes, upland woods and bluffs throughout the State. A small to medium-sized, understory tree with a generally rounded crown.
Ostrya virginiana (Mill - US Forest Service Research and …
Eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), also called American hophornbeam, hornbeam, leverwood, and "ironwood," is a small, short-lived tree scattered in the understory of hardwood forests. It has a slow to medium growth rate on a great variety of …
Ostrya virginiana (American Hop Hornbeam) - Gardenia
Long-lived (150 years), Ostrya virginiana (American Hop Hornbeam) is a slow-growing, small to medium-sized deciduous tree of pyramidal habit in youth, developing an oval to rounded crown over time. The foliage of birch-like, elliptical or ovate, finely serrated, medium green leaves, 5 in. long (12 cm), turns a lovely yellow in the fall.
IRONWOOD - OSTRYA VIRGINIANA | The UFOR Nursery & Lab
Ironwood, or eastern hop hornbeam, receives its common names from its extremely tough wood and hops like fruit. The branches are long and slender often drooping at the ends. The bark is light gray-brown, which is furrowed and ridged. Leaves are simple and grow alternately on the stem.
Scientific name: Ostrya virginiana Pronunciation: OSS-tree-uh ver-jin-ee-AY-nuh Common name(s): American Hophornbeam, Eastern Hophornbeam Family: Betulaceae USDA hardiness zones: 3 through 9A (Fig. 2) Origin: native to North America Uses: container or above-ground planter; large parking lot islands (> 200 square feet in size); wide
Ostrya virginiana – Purdue Arboretum Explorer - Purdue University
Very graceful with many drooping branches that create a rounded habit. Best on drier slopes, and is usually found in native ecosystems. Slow growing, and difficult to transplant. Does not tolerate periodic flooding (as does Carpinus caroliniana) or salt. Building Map...
Ostrya virginiana - Trees and Shrubs Online
On the evidence of several flourishing trees at Kew which are currently grown as Ostrya virginiana and were up to 15 m tall in 2022 , this is a more reliable plant in cool temperate regions than Carpinus caroliniana; there is one thriving representative (13 m × 46 cm dbh in 2014) as far north as the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Tree ...
American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) - Garden.org
Plant database entry for American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) with 21 images, one comment, and 44 data details.