Ostrya virginiana
| Ostrya virginiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Ostrya |
| Species: | O. virginiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ostrya virginiana (P. Miller) K. Koch | |
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| Natural range of Ostrya virginiana from USDA NRCS [1]. | |
Common name: hophornbeam, American hop-hornbeam, ironwood, leverwood
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Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana[1]
Varieties: Ostrya virginiana var. lasia Fernald; Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana[1]
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
O. virginiana is often found as an understory tree in natural communities such as mixed hardwood forests, wooded ravines, oak-gum-magnolia woods, hydric hammocks, calcareous forests, wooded ravines, upland beech-magnolia woodlands, streambanks, and upper edges of floodplains. It can also occur along forest edges or roadsides. O. virginiana will grow in shaded conditions in sandy to loamy soils.[2]
Associated species of O. virginiana include Quercus virginiana, Quercus nigra, Quercus hemisphaerica, Carya glabra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Cornus florida, Magnolia grandiflora, and Aralia spinosa.[2]
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
Cultural use
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, M. R. Darst, Patricia Elliot, Mark A. Garland, Robert K. Godfrey, Gary R. Knight, G. Muenchow, Cecil R. Slaughter, T. E. Smith, and Jean W. Wooten. States and counties: Florida: Alachua, Clay, Columbia, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Wakulla, and Washington. Mississippi: Leake.
