. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. OF Ohio 51 AMERICAN HORNBEAM Carpinus caroliniana. 'Walter THE American Hornbeam, also called Ironwood, Blue Beech and Water Beech, is a small, bushy tree usually found along streams and other low and wet places. In ap- pearance it will pass for a little brother of the Beech. The leaves are simple, alternate, 2 to 4 inches long, ovate, long pointed, finely tooth- ed along margin. The flowers arc of two kinds, both appearing on same tree. The pollen- bearing occur in tassels about 1 y2 inch
. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. OF Ohio 51 AMERICAN HORNBEAM Carpinus caroliniana. 'Walter THE American Hornbeam, also called Ironwood, Blue Beech and Water Beech, is a small, bushy tree usually found along streams and other low and wet places. In ap- pearance it will pass for a little brother of the Beech. The leaves are simple, alternate, 2 to 4 inches long, ovate, long pointed, finely tooth- ed along margin. The flowers arc of two kinds, both appearing on same tree. The pollen- bearing occur in tassels about 1 y2 inches long; the seed-producing in few- flowered clusters about ^ of an inch long. The fruit is a small, prominently ribbed nut about one-third of an inch long, enclosed in a leaf- like, 3-lobed bract, which is usually toothed on one margin of middle lobe. The seed is attached to a leaf-like bract. The bark is thin, smooth, bluish-green, and marked with distinctive furrows running up 'and down along the trunk. The twigs are slender, red- dish to orange, and cov- ered with scattered pale breathing pores. Small buds are about % of an inch long, covered with 8 to 12 reddish-brown bud-scales. The wood is heavy, hard and strong. It is sometimes used for levers, tool handles, wedges and mallets. The American Hornbeam is found from Nova Scotia to Florida and west to Minnesota and Texas. This tree occurs throughout Ohio, becoming abundant locally. It is of little commercial importance. Locally it often occurs in dense thickets, to the exclusion of other more valuable AMERICAN HORNBEAM One-fourth natural size. Twig section and seed with winged bract, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illick, Joseph S. (Joseph Simon), 1884-1967; Secrest, Edmund, b. 1882. Washington, D. C. : The American Tr
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