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	hop - definition by dict.die.net
		Hop moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
		Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
		Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
	dict.die.net /hop (501 words)

	Ohio Trees - American Hophornbeam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		American Hophornbeam, also known as Eastern Hornbeam or Ironwood, is found throughout all of Ohio, and indeed throughout most of the Eastern United States and southernmost Eastern Canada.
		Hornbeam refers to a related European tree whose wood was used to yoke oxen; therefore, its American counterpart wood was also used as a "beam" with which to yoke "horned" beasts of burden.
		American Hophornbeam, a monoecious species, has male catkins that are green and detectable in mid-summer, brown and easily seen in winter, and yellow-brown and in flower in mid-spring.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/trees/hophorn_am.htm (463 words)

	Native trees and shrubs for the landscape
		American highbush cranberry is a very easy-to-grow shrub that is decorative for most of the year.
		American hornbeam is a pleasing small tree, with attractive blue-green foliage and good fall color.
		American hop hornbeam is a graceful medium-small tree.
	www.ct-botanical-society.org /garden/garden2.html (1778 words)

	Carpinus caroliniana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		American hornbeam has leaves similar to hop hornbeam leaves which were seen earlier on the tour.
		The bark of American hornbeam is smooth like beech bark, but looks like it has rippling muscles beneath it.
		American hornbeam fruits hang in a small cluster which has a more leafy look than the hop hornbeam fruits.
	www.cas.vanderbilt.edu /bioimages/vu/112.htm (128 words)

	Carpinus caroliniana
		Blue beech is also referred to as American hornbeam or musclewood.
		Blue beech has a smooth, gray trunk that has the sinewy appearance of flexed muscles, hence the common name "musclewood." The common name hornbeam arises from the fact that long ago, related European trees were used in the manufacture of yokes for oxen.
		American hornbeam is a slow growing tree that typically occurs as an understory species.
	www.museum.state.il.us /muslink/forest/htmls/trees/C-caroliniana.html (481 words)

	Hornbeam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Leaves are alternate, simple, double-toothed with equal leaf...
		American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana USDA Forest Service American Hornbeam is a short, stubby tree that grows up to thirty feet tall.
		American Hop Hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana Habitat: An understory tree that prefers dry (xeric) soils and is typically found on slopes and ridges.
	monkeypodtree.serfpod.com /hornbeam (862 words)

	The Hornbeam
		A hop hornbeam can be identified by its bark, divided into thin narrow strips which tend to curl at the loose ends.
		Although it has about the same range as the hop hornbeam, and they grow side by side, it is usually found on moist soils and along stream banks.
		The flowers are similar to those of the hop hornbeam but, unlike other native members of the Birch Family, the male catkins do not appear until spring and are not found on the tree, partially developed, in winter.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /natbltn/300-399/nb356.htm (608 words)

	Qualities of Ironwood (Also Called "Hornbeam")
		Hop hornbeam makes good tool handles, or implements such as on a farm or factory that require taking great strain, also wear resistant.
		Hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, has light brown shreddy bark and gets the hop hornbeam name from the cluster of overlapping seed pods which resemble a cone of fruits on a hop vine.
		American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana has smooth grey bark which is often rippled like muscle, causing it to be called muscle-wood in some areas.
	www.woodweb.com /knowledge_base/Qualities_of_Ironwood_Also_Called_Hornbeam.html (648 words)

	botany/ostrya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		virginiana, the American Hop Hornbeam, is an attractive tree that has simple, alternately arranged leaves growing from 2 to 5 inches long.
		The small, nut-like fruits are each encased by a papery, flattened, scale-like bract, and are produced in small, pendant clusters resembling fruits of the hop vine, thus the common name of these trees, Hop Hornbeam.
		From then on, the small trees should be transplanted every other year until they are large enough for their permanent positions.
	www.botany.com /ostrya.html (403 words)

	* Hop Hornbeam - (Plants): Definition
		Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya) - According to Mr Bean one is a species common to Europe and Asia Minor, another is of E. Asia, and there is one in western and one in eastern N. America.
		Iron-wood, hop hornbeam, _Ostrya Virginica._(A) A good small tree, with hop-like fruits.
		The species of Betulaceae native to the United States represent five genera : Alnus (alder), Betula (the birches), Corylus (hazel), and Carpinus (hornbeam) and Ostrya (hop hornbeam), both also called ironwood.
	en.mimi.hu /plants/hop_hornbeam.html (149 words)

	hop hornbeam definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		hop hornbeam definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		tree with fruit clusters resembling hops: a tree of the birch family whose fruit clusters resemble hops.
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	hornbeam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, has thin, narrowly ridged, light-brown bark.
		The strong, heavy wood of both species is used for tool handles, mallets, and vehicle parts.
		Hornbeams are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Fagales, family Betulaceae.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ho/hornbeam.html (152 words)

	Trees on Campus - University of Connecticut School of Law
		American Beech Fagus Grandifloria: 50' to 70' tall tree.
		American Hop Hornbeam Ostrya Virginiana: Graceful pyramidal tree rounding with age, 25' to 40' tall.
		American Elm Ulmus Americana: An elegant vase shaped tree 60' to 80' tall.
	www.law.uconn.edu /about/trees (1001 words)

	American Hop-Hornbeam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The fruits of the American hop-hornbeam mature in August, forming clusters of membranous sacs at the tip of a stalk.
		Being very shade-tolerant, the American hop-hornbeam is commonly found in the understory of broadleaf forests.
		The sapwood (the wood under the bark) is pale yellow in colour, whereas the duramen (or heartwood) ranges from pale to dark brown.
	www.domtar.com /arbre/english/p_ostr.htm (213 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for hornbeam
		The hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, has thin, narrowly ridged,...
		Pricewise: Root out the 40-1 Hornbeam; Tote's tempting offer on well-drawn and underrated Jenkins runner is too good to ignore in Ascot's big betting handicap.(Sports)
		Hornbeam Trees Purchase direct from grower 100 Varieties of Trees and Shrubs
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=hornbeam (498 words)

	Common Trees of the North Carolina Piedmont - Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch (Hop hornbeam) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hop hornbeam, American hop hornbeam, Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood.
		Young twigs (1-year-old or less) green or orange or reddish-brown, glabrous or glabrate or pubescent, pilose or stipitate glandular or villous.
		Nuts enclosed in a bladder-like sac derived from bracts which are clustered in cone-like structures having the apearance of hops.
	www.ibiblio.org /openkey/intkey/web/OSVI.htm (252 words)

	Ostrya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its common name is Hophornbeam in American English and Hop-hornbeam in British English.
		It may also be called ironwood, a name shared with a number of other plants.
		Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch - Eastern Hophornbeam, American Hophornbeam, Ironwood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hop-hornbeam (262 words)

	Ostrya virginiana
		Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
		American hop hornbeam is a deciduous, Missouri native tree which usually occurs in dry soils on rocky slopes, upland woods and bluffs throughout the State.
		Female catkins are followed by drooping clusters of sac-like, seed-bearing pods which, as the common name suggests, somewhat resemble the fruit of hops.
	www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=L330 (152 words)

	Bird's Favorite Plants
		American Goldfinch: White ash, box elder, American elm, American hop hornbeam, red mulberry, loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, slash pine, sweet gum, osage orange, grape, sunflower, rose and serviceberry.
		Red-headed Woodpecker: Rough-leaf dogwood, oaks, flowering dogwood, American beech, common fig, Southern magnolia, crabapple, red mulberry, fl gum, wild plum, Chinese tallow tree, sassafras, pokeberry, pyracantha, sumac, rose, flberry, dewberry, elderberry, mountain ash, grape, and blueberry.
		Tufted Titmouse: American beech, crabapple, red mulberry, fl gum, hackberry, oaks, flberry, dewberry, bayberry, elderberry, serviceberry, Virginia creeper, and grape.
	www.wildlifehabitatdesign.com /bird_favorite_plants.htm (354 words)

	Indiana Geological Survey Annual Report 1870
		The use of the bark is familiar to every one.
		Americana, L. (AMERICAN OR WHITE ELM.) A common tree in the woods.
		Prop.: Butternut is a mild cathartic, resembling rhubarb in its action.
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	Hophornbeam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The wood of the Hop Hornbeam is very hard and tough and the tree is sometimes called "Ironwood" (a name that is also used for a different tree Carpinus carolina - American Hornbeam).
		It is an attractive shade tree and readily adaptable to a number of environmental settings.
		The matured fruits together resemble ripened hops, hence its name.
	www.sc.edu /acmooregarden/Hophornbeam.htm (123 words)

	Online Dictionary for French English, Spanish English, Italian English, and more.
		To travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country."
		Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America; Also called: ironwood, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana.
		A tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained.
	www.ultralingua.com /onlinedictionary/?service=ee&text=Hop (329 words)

	Pale Yellow Trillium (Trillium discolor) Species Profile
		The open understory may contain flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), American hop hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), umbrella-tree (Magnolia tripetala), and ironwood (Ostrya virginiana).
		The herbaceous layer is often lush with a diverse number of species and also with a number of rare species often present.
		Pale yellow trilliums are restricted to mountainous areas of the Savannah River drainage of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (NatureServe Explorer 2005).
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	hop hornbeam - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		hop hornbeam - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary
		virginiana of eastern North America, having unisexual flowers grouped in catkins and fruit clusters resembling hops.
		The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
	www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/h/h0274700.html (46 words)

	HOP (hopped, hopping) :: AudioEnglish.net dictionary
		bine; common hop; common hops; European hop; Humulus lupulus (European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America)
		American hop; Humulus americanus (native American plant sometimes confused with the European hop)
		Humulus japonicus; Japanese hop (ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage)
	www.audioenglish.net /dictionary/hop.htm (394 words)

	Texas Native Plants Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Eastern hop hornbeam is usually an understory tree in the east Texas Pineywoods, found on sandy ridges or flatlands of sandy loam.
		It is distinguished by its sandpapery leaves and rough peeling bark, vs. the smooth leaves and bark of American hornbeam.
		Fruit Characteristics: cone-like cluster of small nuts enclosed in bladder-like sacks, resembling hops.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /ornamentals/natives/ostryavirginiana.htm (141 words)

	hop hornbeam - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		hop hornbeam : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		hop hornbeam : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=hop+hornbeam (142 words)

	N.D. Tree Handbook
		To cite just a few examples, the American Linden is called Basswood, the American Hop-hornbeam is referred to as Ironwood and Amelanchier alnifolia is listed under such names as Juneberry, Serviceberry, Shadblow and Saskatoon.
		Duplication of names is not only an individual plant problem, but the magnitude of the problem increases when entirely different plants are dubbed with the same name.
		Such an attempt was made by the American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature when a dictionary of plant names, entitled "Standardized Plant Names," was published in 1942.
	www.ag.ndsu.edu /trees/handbook/ndhand-2.htm (2134 words)

	Welcome to Jamestown, North Dakota
		Also known as American Hop hornbeam its full ranges from the Black Hills of South Dakota east to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and back west to eastern Texas.
		The hops shaped seedpod clusters tell you immediately that this is not an elm.
		The American linden is native to North Dakota in river forests on the middle flood plains.
	www.jamestownnd.com /city/forestry.php (9588 words)

	hop definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		verb (past and past participle hopped, present participle hop·ping, 3rd person present singular hops)
		a short hop from New York to Washington
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_/hop.html (262 words)

	U-M Office of the Provost: Challenge
		Where is the plaque commemorating the Native American land grant to the University?
		This plaque is between the chemistry (Dow) and natural science (Krause) buildings on central campus.
		It received four awards, from the Michigan Society of Architects, the Masonry Institute, the Detroit Chapter of the American Association of Architects, and from the Engineering Society of Detroit.
	www.provost.umich.edu /challenge/answers.html (1728 words)

	Nursery propagation of woody and herbaceous perennials for the Prairie Provinces
		Rocky Mountain juniper cultivars that root poorly, such as 'Medora' and 'Grizzly Bear', are usually propagated by winter grafting on Hetz rootstock.
		Larch seed can be stored well for several years at 6-8%; moisture content in sealed containers.
		The seed is ready to collect when the strobiles are pale greenish brown.
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	VIRGINIA
		The refuge’s more common species of birds include great blue and green herons, wood duck, red-shouldered hawk, American woodcock, barred owl, belted kingfisher, red-bellied and pileated woodpeckers, great crested flycatcher, and prothonotary warbler.
		Amphibians include frogs (green; southern leopard; carpenter; southern cricket; gray, pine woods, and squirrel treefrogs; spring peeper; Brimley’s and upland chorus frogs; and bullfrog) and American toad.
		Lodgings and meals are available in such communities as Suffolk, Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach.
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