| Description | Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) A sturdy understory tree native to Europe. |
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| Pronunciation | (car-PI-nus)(BET-uu-lus) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-7 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade ( I have seen them growing nicely in light shade) |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | male and female catkins female larger and have long three lobed bracts (seed wings) |
| Leaves | simple, green, alternate, doubly serrated, pointed, cordate or rounded at base, yellow to yellow green in the fall |
| Stems | stem prominent lenticels, bark smooth fluted steel gray bark |
| Dimensions | 40-60 feet high, 20-30 foot spread, pyramidal to rounded in youth, oval to rounded mature |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Wood is very strong and was used to make yolks. aka: Hornbeech, Yoke Elm |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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