Slide 86: Hophornbeam.
Slide 86
Ostrya virginiana
Hophornbeam
SIZE: 35'H x 20'W.
HARDINESS: zone 4 to 8.
HABIT: Conical becoming more rounded and globose with age.
FOLIAGE: 2" to 5" simple green turning yellow in fall.
DESCRIPTION: An attractive medium size tree with gray scaley bark, tolerates shade and is grown as an understory tree. Thrives in urban settings, clusters of green nutlets resembling the fruit of the hop vine appear in summer

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