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Carpinus orientalis Mill. 1768
Betulaceae
(APG IV)Oriental hornbeam
Akzessionnummer: SYS-G-307-16969
Pflanzjahr: 0
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Europe: Apennine Peninsula, Romania, Hungary, Crimea; Turkey, Caucasus, northern Iran
Carpinus orientalis Mill. - Accepted: Carpinus orientalis Mill. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Betulaceae (Zander 2008)Carpinus orientalis Mill. - Accepted: Carpinus orientalis Mill. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)Carpinus orientalis Mill. - Accepted: Carpinus orientalis Mill. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Corylaceae ()Carpinus orientalis Mill. - Accepted: Carpinus orientalis Mill. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
- Flowers
- monoecious; flowers arranged in pendant spikes
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- tree or shrub
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- winged nut fruits (samaras)
- Fruit ecology
- wind-dispersed (anemochorous)
- Soil conditions
- on shallow, humus-poor soils
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- mixed deciduous forests and scrub, downy oak forests, dry and rocky slopes
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- temperate, mixed mesophytic to warm-temperate (sub-Mediterranean) deciduous forests
- Constraints according moisture
- drought-resistant species
- Usage
- wood is used as firewood and charcoal; nowadays used as an ornamental tree for Bonsai
- Altidudinal lower limit (sea level in m)
- 100
- Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)
- 2,500
Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;
