Hornbeam
By Lou Paun
Hornbeam (Carpinus) - C. betulus is a native tree, especially of the south, sometimes attaining a height of 70 feet, frequent in some woodlands, and in Epping Forest.
Hornbeam health benefits (Carpinus betulus - Fam. Betulaceae)
Popular names: hornbeam.
Properties: astringent and antiseptic.
Hornbeam
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or ironwood, name in North America for two groups of trees of the family Betulaceae (birch family), native to the eastern half of the continent.
The hornbeam a good spreading tree with a rounded crown and striking grey trunk which is fissured and full of character.
Oriental Hornbeam, Eastern Hornbeam
Long used for hedges in formal gardens, these slow-growing deciduous trees tolerate severe pruning. They are also known as Ironwood because their wood is extremely hard.
Carpinus betulus: hornbeam, European hornbeam, European ironwood. Can grow to 50 ft., but is usually shorter. It has 4 inch leaves and catkins, and drooping clusters of fruit. Its autumn color is yellow-green, and it has grey bark. Hardy in zones 5-7.
( American Hop Hornbeam )
This lovely Eastern United States native is realated to the heath family and has drooping, white, midsummer flowers. Fall color is yellow, red, or purple. Soil must be well-drained and acid.
Hornbeam is an excellent native tree for a large garden. Pyramidal in shape, it tolerates wet clay soils and responds well to pruning making it perfect for training as a formal hedge. Has distinctive grey fluted bark ...
Plant Database - Trees
Fastigiate European Hornbeam
(Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata')
Mature form ...
hornbeam Betulaceae Carpinus caroliniana Walter symbol: CACA18
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Carpinus - Hornbeams
Carpinus betulus - European Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam ...
Hornbeam Maple A-ser car-PIN-i-fo-le-um
Deciduous tree, more often a large shrub, to about 30 ft (10 m) tall, densely branched, rounded form. Bark smooth and dark gray.
Hornbeams are in the birch family, & are the European equivalent of the North American ironwood tree, having dense close-grained wood traditionally used for carving wooden bowls, tool handles, flooring, ox yokes, & furniture.
Hornbeam wood was never a wood of much consequence to the commercial forester because the tree trunks never attained saw-log status. It is incredibly tough and has been used for cogs, tool handles and for making wooden bowls and dishes.
unique, hornbeam-shaped leaves lacking typical "maple lobes"
can be distinguished from Carpinus because leaves are opposite on maples
Propagation
probably seed
reported to root from August cuttings ...
American hornbeam foliage
Features
American hornbeam belongs in any native plant or woodland garden in the eastern US or Canada. It's a handsome, carefree little tree that thrives in complete shade, and has colorful fall foliage.
EUROPEAN HORNBEAM
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Carpinus betulus 'fastigiata' ...
Western Hop Hornbeam is a rare tree, found only in a small area of southeastern Utah, northern Arizona, and four scattered areas of southwestern New Mexico, and far western Texas.
The European hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, is also known as hornbeech and yoke elm. Beam is Old English for 'tree,' and this species has wood as hard as a horn.
Carpinus betulus (hornbeam): Once, in mid- to late summer
Crataegus monogyna (hawthorn): Twice, in summer and autumn
Fagus sylvatica (beech): Once, in late summer
Informal and flowering hedges ...
Hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
Hop (Humulus lupulus)
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
Hornbeam (Carpinus species)
Hornwort, coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Horse chestnut, buckeye (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) ...
Calluna vulgaris Scotch Heather Calycanthus floridus Common Sweetshrub Camellia japonica Japanese Camellia Camellia sasanqua Sasanqua Camellia Campsis radicans Trumpet Vine Campsis radicans 'Flava' Trumpet Vine Carpinus betulus European Hornbeam ...
elm, maple, hornbeam). When carried out repeatedly it produces smaller leaves. The tree may be affected to some degree and so should be fed regularly with modest amounts of fertilizer.
Hedge Maple Acer campestre Downy Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea European Hornbeam Carpinus betlus American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Katsuratree Cercidiphyllum japonicum American Yellowood Cladrastis lutea Turkish Filbert Corylus colurna Hardy ...
Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigata' Hornbeam
We are all familiar with hornbeam hedges, but there are some that make admirable specimen trees.
Trees: Eastern Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), Pin Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) ...
Columnar European Hornbeam is a small tree that is formal in shape, symmetrical in its branching up and down its strong central leader, dense in foliage, and works wonderfully to balance out strong horizontal lines (as shown here), ...
Trees that are difficult to move (beech, hickory, sweet gum, hornbeam, sassafras, tupelo, walnut and white oak) need larger root balls than trees that are easy to transplant.
Previous Species -- Eastern Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
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Species and varieties
Ostrya carpinifolia (European Hop Hornbeam)
Ostrya virginiana (American Hop Hornbeam, Lever Wood)
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Nombres relacionados: Betulaceae (familia), Carpe (castellano), Carpinus caroliniana ssp. virginiana (sinónimo), European Hornbeam (inglés), Hojaranzo (castellano), Hornbeam (inglés), Xarma (vasco), Yrab obycajny (eslovaco).
Carpinus caroliniana--American Hornbeam, Ironwood
Carpinus japonica--Japanese Hornbeam
CARPINUS INSECTS ...
Carpinus betulus. EUROPEAN HORNBEAM. Southeastern United States.
BETULACEAE (Birch family) ...
Mixed oak and hornbeam forests,and pine forests to the north can be found here. The forests cover about 30% of the region, most of it being secondary forests or plantation forests It also is the most densely populated and altered part of Europe.
Hoary Cinquefoil, Hoary Cress, Hoary Mullein, Hoary Plantain, Hoary Ragwort, Hoary Rock-rose, Hoary Stock, Hoary Willowherb, Hog's Fennel, Hogweed, Holly, Holly-leaved Naiad, Holy Grass, Honesty, Honewort, Honeysuckle, Hop, Hop Trefoil, Hornbeam, ...
 See also: Pinus, May, Green, Beech, Birch
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