American Hornbeam (common name Ironwood)

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American Hornbeam Details:
Plant Facts
Mature Height
20 - 30 feet
Mature Spread
20 - 30 feet
Soil Type
Well Drained
Moisture
Moist to Wet
Mature Form
Wide Spreading
Growth Rate
Slow
Sun Exposure
Full Sun - Full Shade
Flower Color
Inconspicuous
Fall Color
Scarlet
Foliage Color
Green
Zones
3-9

The American Hornbeam tree, Carpinus caroliniana, is a shade tolerant under story tree. American Hornbeam trees are also known by the common names of Musclewood, Ironwood, Blue Beech, and Water Beech trees. The word "hornbeam" comes from the words "horn" for "toughness" and "beam" an old English word for "tree" and refers to this tree's very hard, tough, wood. This deciduous species provides nuts that are eaten by many birds such as grouse, bobwhite, pheasant and wild turkey. Cottontail rabbits and deer nibble on the shoots of this tree.

Carpinus caroliniana exhibits leaves that are thin and beautifully translucent. This shade tree will provide cool, dense shade in the summer because of its many leaves giving a dense appearance. In late autumn the leaves turn deep scarlet and orange providing good fall color tree.

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