Ostrya virginiana

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Common name: American Hophornbeam

Family: Betulaceae

Distribution: Cental to Eastern North America

Habitat: Mixed forest types, dry sois on rocky slopes, upland woods and bluffs

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Hardiness: Zone 3b -35 to -30 F

Life form: Deciduous tree

Usage: Ornamental shade tree

Comments: American hop hornbeam is a deciduous tree typically growing to 25-40’ tall and 20-30’ wide. Leaves oval to lance-shaped, sharply serrated, dark yellow-green to 5” long. Flowers are monoecious catkins, male flowers red-brown and present throughout winter, female flowers greenish, followed by drooping clusters of seed pods resembling the fruit of hops.
Best grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

Links: OSU Landscape Plants - Ostrya virginiana

1: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3239/1
2: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3241/1
3: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3244/1
4: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3246/1
5: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3247/1
6: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3248/1
7: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3250/1
8: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3251/1
9: 2400 s, 100 e (ST 2400,100) • Accession: 1950-3252/1
10: 2900 s, 2200 e (ST 2900,2200) • Accession: 2010-024/1 • Origin: United States of America
11: 2900 s, 2200 e (ST 2900,2200) • Accession: 2010-024/2 • Origin: United States of America
12: Herbarium (HERB) • Accession: 1950-3241
13: Herbarium (HERB) • Accession: 2010-024 (2)‎ • Origin: United States of America

Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA

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Taxon

Ostrya virginiana

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