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Carpinus caroliniana Walter 1788
Betulaceae (APG IV)
American hornbeam, blue beech, ironwood
Akzessionnummer: LG-R-002-18398
Pflanzjahr: 2018
Patenschaftstext: Freundeskreis Lichtenstein 2005
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Carpinus caroliniana Walter
Betulaceae
Carpinus caroliniana Walter
Betulaceae
Carpinus caroliniana Walter
Betulaceae
Carpinus caroliniana Walter
Betulaceae
Carpinus caroliniana Walter
Betulaceae
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: eastern Canada; USA: northeastern, northeast-central, southeastern, southern States of the Great Plains; Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
Carpinus caroliniana Walter - Accepted: Carpinus caroliniana Walter bei Zander 2008; Familie: Betulaceae (Zander 2008)
Carpinus caroliniana Walter - Accepted: Carpinus caroliniana Walter bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Carpinus caroliniana Walter - Accepted: Carpinus caroliniana Walter bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Corylaceae ()
Carpinus caroliniana Walter - Accepted: Carpinus caroliniana Walter bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
Carpinus caroliniana Walter - Accepted: Carpinus caroliniana Walter bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Carpinus caroliniana Walter - Accepted: Carpinus caroliniana Walter bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Corylaceae ()
Carpinus caroliniana Walter - Accepted: Carpinus caroliniana Walter bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
- Life form
- small tree
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- ribbed, 4-6 mm long nut fruit
- Fruit ecology
- wind-dispersed (anemochorous) and bird-dispersed (ornithochorous)
- Soil conditions
- primarily on moist, poorly to imperfectly drained, rich loamy soils
- Succession type
- late seral and climax species
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- borders of rivers and swamps, hammocks, bottomlands
- Constraints according radiation (light)
- shade tolerant
- Usage
- wood is used for tool handles, mallets, and golf club heads
- Bark
- thin and smooth
- Altidudinal lower limit (sea level in m)
- 60
- Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)
- 910
Jäger, E. J. et al. (2007): Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Band 5: Krautige Zier- und Nutzpflanzen. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Aufl. 31.10.2007: 880.;
Nelson, G., Earle, C. J. & Spellenberg, R. (2014): Trees of Eastern North America. Band 91. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, USA: 720 S. 9781400852994.;
Nelson, G., Earle, C. J. & Spellenberg, R. (2014): Trees of Eastern North America. Band 91. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, USA: 720 S. 9781400852994.;
Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 23.2.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 15.4.2019
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