. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 94 NaTLKAL HiSTOKY SriiVKY CARPINUS CAROLINIANA Walter Hornbeam Blue Beech The Hornbeam is a bushy tree, with slender, slightly zig-zag, spread- ing branches that droop near the ends. The alternate, long-pointed, double-toothed leaves, 2 to -i inches long by 1 to 1^ inches wide, the blades of which often are falcate, are dull blue-green above and light- yellow beneath. The staminate cat- kins, about lyy inches long, have o\ate, pointed scales which are green below the middle and red above; and the nearly erect pistillate catki
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 94 NaTLKAL HiSTOKY SriiVKY CARPINUS CAROLINIANA Walter Hornbeam Blue Beech The Hornbeam is a bushy tree, with slender, slightly zig-zag, spread- ing branches that droop near the ends. The alternate, long-pointed, double-toothed leaves, 2 to -i inches long by 1 to 1^ inches wide, the blades of which often are falcate, are dull blue-green above and light- yellow beneath. The staminate cat- kins, about lyy inches long, have o\ate, pointed scales which are green below the middle and red above; and the nearly erect pistillate catkins, ^^ to ^ inch long, have hairy, green scales. The broadly oval, pointed nuts, about Ys inch long, are crowded on slender twigs 5 to 6 inches long and hidden within their envelopes, which are 1 to iy2 inches long by nearly 1 inch wide. The pointed buds, about % inch long, are covered by chestnut-brown scales. The trunk, occasionally 2 feet in di- ameter, is fluted and covered by thin, gray bark sometimes marked by brownish, horizontal bands. The tree is seldom 40 feet high. Distribution: The Hornbeam in- habits rich, moist, wooded soils from Nova Scotia and Florida westward to Minnesota and Texas. In Illinois, it grows throughout the length and breadth of the State in moist woods. Uses: The hard, close-grained wood of the Blue Beech, light brown in the heart and white in the thick sapwood, is strong and very heavy. Although it may be used for levers, tool handles, mallets, and other small manufactured articles, it has little commercial value. OSTRYA ScoPOLi Hop Hornbeam Family Betulaceae Small to medium-sized, deciduous trees, with alternate, broad-bladed, simple leaves. The flowers in catkins; staminate catkins long and clus- tered, from lateral buds near the end of the 1-year-old growth; pistillate. Fig. 32. Distribution of tlie Hornbeam. I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloratio
Size: 1172px × 2131px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., booka, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectnaturalhistory
