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Ostrya virginiana Hop hornbeam is a small tree, typically reaching a maximum height of 30 feet with a proportionally short, straight trunk of 1 foot in diameter. Hop hornbeam bark is reddish-brown and smooth, with obvious lenticels (small, ringed holes in the surface of the bark through which gasses are exchanged) when the tree is young. Hop hornbeam serves well as a landscape tree owing to its tolerance for very dry soils and shade, as well as its ability to live in a stressful urban environment. www.museum.state.il.us /muslink/forest/htmls/trees/O-virginiana.html   (461 words)

Define Hop hornbeam : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com) Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (Ostrya vulgaris). Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop. Hop moth (Zool.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. www.indictionary.com /define/Hop_hornbeam   (417 words)

Search Encyclopedia.com hornbeam hornbeam or ironwood, name in North America for two groups of trees of the family Betulaceae (birch family), native to the eastern half of the continent. hop hop, herbaceous perennial vine of the family Moraceae (mulberry family), widely cultivated since early times for brewing purposes. The commercial hop (Humulus lupulus) is native to Eurasia but is now grown in many temperate regions, notably England, Germany, the United States, South America, and Australia. www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Hop-hornbeam   (404 words)

Betulaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The wood is generally hard, tough and heavy, hornbeams particularly so; several species were of significant importance in the past where very hard wood capable of withstanding heavy wear was required, such as for cartwheels, water wheels, cog wheels, tool handles, chopping boards and wooden pegs. Betulaceae, or the Birch Family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams and hop-hornbeams. The other genera include a number of popular ornamental trees, widely planted in parks and large gardens; several of the birches are particularly valued for their smooth, brightly coloured bark. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corylaceae   (213 words)

The Hornbeam 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. 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. www.newton.dep.anl.gov /natbltn/300-399/nb356.htm   (608 words)

Hop Hornbeam In addition to its short stature, hop hornbeam can be recognized based on (a) multiple trunks, (b) a thin, brown, scaly or shaggy bark that flakes easily when rubbed, (c) horizontal branches that end in fine twigs and alternate leaves and buds. The finer twigs of hop hornbeam were used to make baskets, and the inner bark was boiled and used to cure fever and a range of other conditions. The female catkins resemble the flowering clusters of hops used to bitter beer — hence the "hop" of hop hornbeam,. www.stolaf.edu /depts/biology/mnps/papers/umb2000194.html   (374 words)

hornbeam The hop hornbeam owes his common name to the fact that its fruits look like those of hop, one of the main ingredient of beer, and its scientific name (Ostrya) derives from the ancient Greek term ostreon, meaning shell, because seeds are closely protected like in a shell. The North American type of hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginiana) is slightly smaller than its European sibling. Hornbeams belong to the tree family of Betulaceae, the family of birches. digilander.libero.it /carlafm/verde/pagine/hornbeam.htm   (107 words)

MSN Encarta - Hop Hornbeam Hop Hornbeam, small tree of the birch family. The tree usually does not grow more than 9 m (30 ft) tall, and its short trunk is up to 46 cm (18 in) in... ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762529128/Hop_Hornbeam.html   (83 words)

hop-hornbeam --  Encyclopædia Britannica Hops are boiled with the wort to give the liquid a bitterness, aroma, and color not provided by the cereals or fermentation process. The hops used in the brewing industry are the dried female flower clusters (cones) of the common hop (H. lupulus). The next major stage involves the addition of hops or hop extracts; the hop is a climbing plant that produces cones, called hops, that are dried and used in brewing (see Hops). www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9041002&query=multidimensional%20scaling&ct=   (779 words)

HOP HORNBEAM - NativeTech: Indigenous Plants & Native Uses in the Northeast HOP HORNBEAM - NativeTech: Indigenous Plants & Native Uses in the Northeast Technology: he wood is very strong as the name implies and was used for the frames for dwellings, and from the crooks of branches, pothooks were made to suspend cooking vessels over fires. www.nativetech.org /plantgath/hornbeam.htm   (76 words)

Plant Information Center - NC Trees - Eastern Hop Hornbeam Eastern hop hombeam is found mostly as a scattered tree throughout the upland and mountain regions. Eastern hop hornbearn also is known as ironwood or leverwood. A row of young hop hombeams can be pruned to develop into an attractive hedge. www.ibiblio.org /pic/NCTrees/easternhophornbeam.htm   (261 words)

Arboretum/Hop-Hornbeam The name hop-hornbeam is derived frorn thecluster of fruit which resemble "hops". The only species of the genus Ostrya nativeto Canada, it is pursued commercially due to the strength of its wood.It is one of the strongest woods indigenous to Canada, and previously wasused for runners on sleighs. www.queensu.ca /pps/grounds/arboretum/hophornbearh.htm   (48 words)

Online Dictionary for French English, Spanish English, Italian English, and more. Medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor; Also&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english">Also called&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english">called: Ostrya carpinifolia. Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America; Also&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english">Also called&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english">called: ironwood, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana. A tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained. www.ultralingua.net /index.html?action=define&text=hops&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english   (381 words)

Water Loving Trees - The Hornbeams The hop hornbeam has habits like the other ironwood and an equal reputation for the hardness of its wood. The American hornbeam has bluish gray bark, very fine in texture, from which the name "blue beech," is common in some localities. Before metals so generally became competitors of woods in construction work, hornbeam was the only wood for rake teeth, levers, mallets, and especially for the beams of ox yokes. www.oldandsold.com /articles25/trees-14.shtml   (590 words)

Texas Native Plants Database Eastern hop hornbeam is usually an understory tree in the east Texas Pineywoods, found on sandy ridges or flatlands of sandy loam. Eastern hop hornbeam often grows with American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), with which it is frequently confused. It is distinguished by its sandpapery leaves and rough peeling bark, vs. the smooth leaves and bark of American hornbeam. aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /ornamentals/natives/ostryavirginiana.htm   (141 words)

Forest Trees of Maine - Eastern Hop-Hornbeam The name "hop-hornbeam" refers to the fruit which closely resembles the true hops. The fruit is bladder-like, encloses a ribbed nutlet, and occurs in clusters. The twigs are light brown, fine, tough and wiry, and have a small green pith. www.scarborough.k12.me.us /high/projects/trees/hophorn.htm   (214 words)

botany/ostrya 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. virginiana, the American Hop Hornbeam, is an attractive tree that has simple, alternately arranged leaves growing from 2 to 5 inches long. 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)

Eastern Hop Hornbeam English words defined with "Eastern hop hornbeam": ironwood, ironwood tree ♦ Ostrya virginiana. Translations for "eastern hop hornbeam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Ea/Eastern+hop+hornbeam.html   (179 words)

Old_World_hop_hornbeam [n] medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor. lookwayup.com /lwu.exe/lwu/d?t=&h=&s=d&b=&w=Old_World_hop_hornbeam&pos=n&Syn_ID=8592127&st=synrel   (10 words)

Trees of Wisconsin: Ostrya virginiana, ironwood The fruit looks somewhat like the fruit of Hops (Humulus lupulus), hence the common name hop-hornbeam. The name Ironwood refers to the great strength of the wood which was highly prized for tool handles etc. It is smaller than many other trees and usually does not reach the canopy. The leaves of Ostrya virginiana are simple, alternate and doubly-toothed. www.uwgb.edu /biodiversity/herbarium/trees/ostvir01.htm   (270 words)

Corylaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Corylaceae, or the hazel family, includes a small number of trees and shrubs in four genera, including the hazels, the hornbeams and the hop-hornbeams. This page was last modified 08:26, 24 Nov 2004. wikipedia.lotsofinformation.com /wiki/index.php/Corylaceae   (72 words)

Riserva naturale Regionale del Bosco di Montalto - Official pages The wood is dominated by beech tree, hop hornbeam (particularly abundant in the less fertile areas) and Italian maple, together with European ash, field maple, sycamore maple, lime tree, whitebeam, Alpine laburnum, mountain elm, and Norway maple. On the Sillano argillites the arboreal plan is dominated by beech tree, Turkey oak, Italian maple, and white hornbeam, together with European ash, field maple, and jew. The wood presents a stratified structure given both to a considerable richness in flora and to a temporary diversification of the population, since it derives from the aging of more than one turn coppice-with-standards. www.parks.it /riserva.bosco.montalto/Eindex.html   (130 words)

CSC Virtual Herbarium - Eastern Hop Hornbeam Winter Identification: Eastern hop hornbeam has distinctive catkins through the winter that are approximately 2" long, often grow in clusters of three, and are rough and rigid. From/Habitat: Eastern Hop Hornbeam is a small tree, 20 - 30' high, and 6 - 12" in diameter. Fruits are small, bladder-enclosed nuts that look like "hops;" hence the name. www.colby-sawyer.edu /academic/ces/herbarium/angiosperms/ovirginiana.html   (179 words)

Hophornbeam Hop hornbeam: Heading to Ash Flats, MTSF, Mass. www.uark.edu /misc/ents/species/hophornbeam.htm   (8 words)

hornbeam - OneLook Dictionary Search Phrases that include hornbeam: hop hornbeam, american hornbeam, eastern hop hornbeam, european hornbeam, old world hop hornbeam, more... HORNBEAM : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info] Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "hornbeam" is defined. www.onelook.com /?loc=rescb&w=hornbeam   (205 words)

american hop American Hop-Hornbeam (Ironwood) The most noticeable thing about this tree is its grey bark broken into strips that are loose at both ends. The American Hop Museum, located in the heart of the nation's largest hop producing…The American Hop Museum is presently housed in a building that was... Early English hop breeders noted the high resin content of the North American hop, describing it as rich with... www.logicjungle.com /find-american+hop.html   (354 words)

Trees of Wisconsin: Carpinus caroliniana, muscle-wood "Hornbeam" is too easily confused with "Hop Hornbeam", a name applied to Ostrya virginiana. It is not a Beech although the bark and leaves look somewhat like Beech. www.uwgb.edu /biodiversity/herbarium/trees/carcar01.htm   (200 words)

Corylaceae - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch The Corylaceae, or the hazel family, is a small family of four genera of trees and shrubs, including the hazels, the hornbeams and the hop-hornbeams. Home - Link to Us - Add to favorites encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /corylaceae.htm   (130 words)

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