Eastern Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Leverwood Scientific Name: Ostrya virginiana
Description: A small tree 25-40' and in the southwest 50' high, with a trunk diameter of 2'. Bark gray brown, scaly, scored perpendicularly into long, flat narrow strips about 4" long, out-curling at the tips; the slender branches irregular, nearly horizontal, often drooping, forming an ovoid crown.
Habitat: Found in dry, open woods.
Range: Eastern United States
Type: Tree Source:Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs by F. Schuyler Mathews
Photograph: Paul Wray, Iowa State University from www.forestryimages.org. |
