Carpinus caroliniana - North Carolina Extension Gardener . . . Use this adaptable tree in naturalized areas or along streams or ponds as well as in urban settings This is a wildlife friendly tree perfect for a pollinator, children's, or native garden acting as a larval host plant, food source for mammals and birds, and a cover plant
Carpinus caroliniana - Wikipedia Carpinus caroliniana, the American hornbeam, is a small hardwood understory tree in the genus Carpinus American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, musclewood and muscle beech It is native to eastern North America, from Minnesota and southern Ontario east to Maine, and south to eastern Texas and northern Florida
Carpinus caroliniana (American Hornbeam) - Gardenia Attractive in all seasons, Carpinus caroliniana (American Hornbeam) is a slow-growing, small to medium-sized deciduous tree of upright-spreading habit with a rounded crown The branches are covered with ovate, serrated, and prominently veined leaves, 2-5 in long (5-12 cm)
Carpinus caroliniana Walt - US Forest Service Research and . . . American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), also called blue-beech, ironwood, water-beech, or lechillo (Spanish), is a small slow-growing short-lived tree in the understory of eastern mixed hardwood forests
Plant Fact Sheet - USDA Plants Database American hornbeam is a native, large shrub or small tree with a wide-spreading, flat-topped crown, the stems are slender, dark brown, hairy; bark gray, thin, usually smooth, with smooth, longitudinal fluting (resembling a flexed muscle)