Useful information about the taxon (species, subspecies, variety...)
Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. 1772
Betulaceae
(APG IV)European hop-hornbeam
Akzessionnummer: EG-H-039-18772
Pflanzjahr: 2004
Patenschaftstext: ISTA 7th Seminar on Statistics in Seed Testing Hohenheim 2005
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Europe: France and Benelux, Apennine Peninsula, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, the Balkans; Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Caucasus
Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. - Accepted: Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Betulaceae (Zander 2008)Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. - Accepted: Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. - Accepted: Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. bei not specified; Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. - Accepted: Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
- Flowers
- monoecious; male and female flowers in pendulous catkins
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- tree
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- nut fruit
- Fruit ecology
- wind-dispersed (anemochorous)
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- deciduous forests and scrub, shrubby, sunny hillsides, crags, open coniferous woodland on dry rocky slopes, south-facing downy oak woodlands in Mediterranean regions, open pine forests, dry stony hillsides (on limestone)
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- temperate, mixed mesophytic deciduous forests to warm-temperate, deciduous/evergreen forests, woodlands and scrub
- Usage
- hard and tough wood is used for carpentry and for charcoal
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.; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org;
