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Carpinus betulus |
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European Hornbeam |
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Northern Europe |
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Upright, openly pyramidal,
tightly oval, or globose. |
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40-60 feet tall with a spread
of 30-40 feet |
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Plants are
monoecious. Flowers
are borne in catkins the males growing 1½
inches long, the females growing 1½-3
inches long, with large, conspicuous 3 lobed
bracts. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple, 2½-5 inches long, sharply and doubly serrate,
ovate, with a rounded or cordate base. |
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Fall color is yellow-green to
yellow. |
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Buds are imbricate, conical,
brown to reddish, pressed close to the stem and
curling around it, ¼-⅓ inch long. |
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Bark is medium gray, smooth and fluted, becoming rough and scaly at
maturity. |
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Fruit is a nut, ¼ inch long,
borne at the base of a bract. |
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Used in making
hedges and pleached alleys |
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- 'Columnaris' - narrow columnar tree,
almost egg-shaped - erroneously called 'Fastigiata '.
- 'Fastigiata' - upright in habit,
branching more vase shaped as the tree grows
older.
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