. Common forest trees of North Carolina : how to know them; a pocket manual. Trees -- North Carolina; Trees. IRONWOOD (Hop Hornbeam) {Ostrya virginiana K. Koch) THE tree gets its common names from the quali- ties of its wood and the hop-like fruit. It is a small, slender, generally round-topped tree, from 20 to 30 feet high and 7 to 10 inches in diameter. The top consists of long slender branches, commonly drooping toward the ends. It„ is found mostly on rather dry soils throughout the upland and moun- tain IRONWOOD Twig, one-half natural size. Leaf, one-third natural size. The bark
. Common forest trees of North Carolina : how to know them; a pocket manual. Trees -- North Carolina; Trees. IRONWOOD (Hop Hornbeam) {Ostrya virginiana K. Koch) THE tree gets its common names from the quali- ties of its wood and the hop-like fruit. It is a small, slender, generally round-topped tree, from 20 to 30 feet high and 7 to 10 inches in diameter. The top consists of long slender branches, commonly drooping toward the ends. It„ is found mostly on rather dry soils throughout the upland and moun- tain IRONWOOD Twig, one-half natural size. Leaf, one-third natural size. The bark is mostly light brown or reddish brown, and finely divided into thin scales by which the tree, after a little acquaintance, can be easily rec- ognized. The leaves are simple, alternate, generally oblong with narrowed tips, sharply toothed along the mar- gin, sometimes doubly toothed, from 2 to 3 inches long. The flowers are of two kinds on the same tree; the male, in drooping catkins which form the pre- vious summer, the female, in erect catkins on the newly formed twigs. The fruit, which resembles that of the common hop vine, consists of a branch of leafy bracts 1 to 2 inches long containing a num- ber of flattened ribbed nutlets. The wood is strong, hard, durable, light brown to white, with thick pale sapwood. Often used for fence posts, handles of tools, mallets and other small articles. 31. 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 North Carolina. Dept. of Conservation and Development; Holmes, J. S. (John Simcox), 1868-1958. Chapel Hill, N. C. : North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey
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