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Photographer: Joanne Kline
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Family Betulaceae
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K.Koch
eastern hop-hornbeam, ironwood
Ostrya: Classical name for this genus
virginiana: of Virginia
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial tree to 55' tall, short trunks, open, rounded crowns; bark grayish brown to steel gray raggedly texture of narrow, vertical strips |
| Flower: | male catkin 3/4"-2" long at the ends of the branches; blooms in late spring |
| Fruit: | 1 1/3"-2 1/2" long clusters, bracts 1/3" long |
| Leaf: | narrowly oval or elliptic to oblong-lanceolate; edges sharply and unevenly doubly toothed |
| Habitat: | moist; open to shaded hillsides, well-drained floodplains |
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