There are two members of the birch family that often go unnoticed in the understory of our forests: the Eastern hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) and American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana.) Both of ...

My neighbor has a beautiful hop hornbeam tree growing next to his driveway. Up until a couple years ago, I had never heard of this tree and spent some time trying to convince him it was an immature ...

Ostrya virginiana, also known as eastern hop hornbeam, is a small, slow growing, understory tree, native to the eastern half of the United States. It grows 20 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 30 feet wide.

Three cheers for anyone trying to better themselves at the gym or the smoothie bar this January, but as for me and my house, we’ll have a heaping helping of native plant knowledge from the listserv at ...

My neighbor has a beautiful hop hornbeam tree growing next to his driveway. Up until a couple years ago, I had never heard of this tree and spent some time trying to convince him it was an immature ...

The Bound Brook Shade Tree Commission believes the tree is just right for the borough BOUND BROOK – For several years, the Ostrya Virginiana, a tree local to the eastern half of the U.S., has been ...

Years ago while working as a state park naturalist on the St. Croix I saw a tree species that was new to me. In mid-summer the unusual seed pod popped from the sea of green leaves of the heavily ...

How many of you have ever heard of a hop hornbeam? Uh-huh. OK. How many of you know what it is? Does it help if I tell you that it’s a tree? And that it grows in the upland woods in many places right ...

Learn how to identify the hornbeam tree, from its smooth bark and serrated leaves to its hop-like seed clusters and tough wood.

THERE ARE TWO members of the birch family that often go unnoticed in the understory of our forests: the Eastern hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) and American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana). Both of ...