Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch - Accepted: Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch bei Zander 2008; Familie: Betulaceae (Zander 2008)
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch - Accepted: Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch - Accepted: Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Corylaceae ()
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch - Accepted: Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)

Flowers

monoecious; flowers in catkins

Life form

small tree

Leaves

alternate, with slender, hairy petiole

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

hoplike strobile with nuts

Fruit ecology

wind-dispersed (anemochorous) and bird-dispersed (ornithochorous)

Natural occurrence (habitat)

ravines, well-drained floodplains of major rivers

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

mixed deciduous forests; most commonly in maple-beech and maple-basswood communities

Constraints according habitat

sensitive to air pollution

Usage

wood is used for posts and tool handles

Bark

thin, grey bark with narrow, platelike scales

Sullivan, J. (1994): Platanus occidentalis. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). See: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/plaocc/all.html;