. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES i HORNBEAM OR IRONWOOD (Ostrya virgimana Koch.) THE Hornbeam, so called because of its general resemblance to the European Hornbeam, is a small, slender, round-topped tree, usually not more than twenty to thirty feet tall and eight to twelve inches through. Its branches are long, slender and somewhat drooping at the ends. It occurs commonly throughout the State, growing on gravelly and rocky slopes, often in rather open woods. The bark on the trunk is light brown
. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES i HORNBEAM OR IRONWOOD (Ostrya virgimana Koch.) THE Hornbeam, so called because of its general resemblance to the European Hornbeam, is a small, slender, round-topped tree, usually not more than twenty to thirty feet tall and eight to twelve inches through. Its branches are long, slender and somewhat drooping at the ends. It occurs commonly throughout the State, growing on gravelly and rocky slopes, often in rather open woods. The bark on the trunk is light brown tinged with red and breaks into fine scales. These sepa- rate easily, are nar- rower than the scales of any rough-barked tree and become finer and narrower as the tree grows older. The leaves are simple, alternate, egg-shaped or nearly oblong, sharply toothed, two to three inches long and very similar to those of the Blue Beech. The flowers are borne in catkins, the sterile ones appearing in the fall, usually in clusters of three, and the fertile ones appearing in the spring. The fruit, which ripens in September, very closely resembles a cluster of hops. The wood is compact, close-grained, strong, tough, durable and very heavy. It is good for levers, stakes, binding poles, handles, mallets and the HORNBEAM OR IRONWOOD Leaves and fruit. One-third natural size. r-. â " ⢠m - ⢠B * " - ⢠â ''- , â¢â â ⢠,-â¢â ';. SS. 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 Massachusetts. State Forester; Rane, F. Wm. (Frank William), 1868-1933. Boston, Mass. : The Forester
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