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Buffalo socked by October surprise - Ornamental Grasses Forum - GardenWeb
... you can grow plants under (important) and the roots are fairly deep. I grow bulbs, a large patch of fall-blooming japanese anemones & several oak-leaved hydrangeas under a grouping of four of these trees Ostrya virginiana - American Hophornbeam Native mid-sized tree, lovely shaggy bark, beautiful shape. Not often grown as an 'open' yard tree but those I ...
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HortNews- May 2006
... every fall, and our two specimens have shrugged off some major snow and ice storms. American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana. “Musclewood” is a small, adaptable, understory tree with few insect or disease ... fairly rapidly into a huge, pyramidal tree. Ours flourishes in a low, wet, open spot. American hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana. Happy in either full sun or as an understory tree, “ironwood” has ...
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Street Trees Evaluation Project, Bulletin 877-99
... Sunburst' Sunburst Honeylocust Koelreuteria Paniculata Goldenraintree Liquidambar Styraciflua Sweetgum Liquidambar Styraciflua Sweetgum Liquidambar Styraciflua Sweetgum Liquidambar Styraciflua Sweetgum Ostrya Virginiana American Hophornbeam Malus Purpurea Rosebloom Crabapple Phellodendron Amurense Amur Corktree Phellodendron Amurense Amur Corktree Platanus X Acerifolia London Planetree Platanus X ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Centenarians - Featured Centenarians
... a perfect choice for urban environments. 8. Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana AMERICAN HOPHORNBEAM Accessioned 1873 The immature fruit of the american hophornbeam is easily mistaken for pale green flowers dangling from the branches. ... name Ostrya comes from the Greek for a tree with very hard wood. And indeed, hophornbeam wood is remarkably hard and strong—possibly a result of the tree's very slow ...
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Dendrology at Virginia Tech
... Pyrus calleryana pear To the top Lab #4: Ellett Valley Nature Trail print notecards / print sheets Family Botanical Name Common Name Betulaceae Ostrya virginiana eastern hophornbeam Fabaceae Cercis canadensis redbud Fabaceae Robinia pseudoacacia black locust Fagaceae Quercus prinus chestnut oak Fagaceae Quercus rubra northern red oak Juglandaceae Carya cordiformis bitternut hickory Juglandaceae ...
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Floridata: Carpinus caroliniana
... similar. In fact, one major field guide to North American trees actually describes the American hornbeam in the first sentence for eastern hophornbeam (O. virginiana)! Talk about getting confused! This is ... aptly describes the trunk and larger limbs of Carpinus, which look like sinewy, flexed muscles. (Hophornbeam has brown, shaggy bark that is not at all fluted or sinewy.) "Hornbeam" comes from ...
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American Association of Amateur Arborists: ArborMaps
... the campus has grown to become one of Virginia's premier arboreta. Still with magnificent American Elm, European Larch, Osage Orange and Goldenrain trees, the campus itself can serve as an ... Front Campus, this portion of the University still has been carefully planned and preserved. Eastern Hophornbeam are a delightful find, and the century-old Pecans provide expansive shade. Catonsville High School ...
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American Hornbeam
... it should confirm identification of a specimen. This tree, also sometimes called "Ironwood," and the Eastern Hophornbeam have an unusual history of confusion in common names. Each tree has at some time ... and Oklahoma, and in southeastern Canada. It is found throughout Ohio. Unlike the Eastern Hophornbeam, the wood of the American Hornbeam decays rapidly when in contact with soil. Still, the wood is ...
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Eastern Hophornbeam
... long as wide Fruit Characteristics winged single winged elongated nut in papery, bladder-like sac Eastern Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana A champion specimen of this tree in Trumbull County had grown to the height ... a shredded look. The combination of trunk and bark should separate this tree from the American Hornbeam, with which it has shared an unusual history of confusion in common names. Each tree ...
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