. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. â ?! AMERICAN HORNBEAM Carpinus catoliniana, Walter The American Hornbeam, also called Ironwood, Blue Beech, and Water Beech, is a small bushy tree usually found along streams and other low places. In appearance it will pass for a little brother of the Beech. The leaves are simple, alternate, 2 to 4 inches long, ovate, long-pointed, finely toothed along margin. The flowers are of two kinds, both appearing on same tree. The pollen- bearing occur in tassels about \Vi inches long; the seed-producing in few- flowered clusters about 24 of an inch. The fruit
. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. â ?! AMERICAN HORNBEAM Carpinus catoliniana, Walter The American Hornbeam, also called Ironwood, Blue Beech, and Water Beech, is a small bushy tree usually found along streams and other low places. In appearance it will pass for a little brother of the Beech. The leaves are simple, alternate, 2 to 4 inches long, ovate, long-pointed, finely toothed along margin. The flowers are of two kinds, both appearing on same tree. The pollen- bearing occur in tassels about \Vi inches long; the seed-producing in few- flowered clusters about 24 of an inch. 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 leaflike 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 l/s 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. It is common across New York, including the Adirondacks up to 2,000 feet. It is rare or absent in the coastal plain part of the State. Locally it is common in wet places where it often occurs in dense thickets almost to the exclusion of other AMERICAN HORNBEAM One-fourth natural sire. 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. Washington, D. C. , American Tree Association
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