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Ostrya carpinifolia, the European hop-hornbeam, is a tree in the family Betulaceae. It is the only species of the genus Ostrya that is native to Europe.

European hop-hornbeam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Betulaceae
Genus:	Ostrya
Species:	O. carpinifolia
Binomial name
Ostrya carpinifolia Scop.
Native range

The specific epithet carpinifolia means "hornbeam-leaved", from carpinus, the Latin word for "hornbeam".

Distribution

Ostrya carpinifolia is found in Lebanon, Italy, France, Austria, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, southern Switzerland and Turkey. It is found in the medium elevations, in southern Italy and Sicily, in the South Apennine mixed montane forests ecoregion of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome.

Description

Ostrya carpinifolia is a broadleaf deciduous tree, that can reach up to 24 metres (79 ft). It has a conical or irregular crown and a scaly, rough bark, and alternate and double-toothed birch-like leaves 3–10 cm long.

The flowers are produced in spring, with male catkins 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and female catkins 2–5 cm (3⁄4–2 in) long. The fruit form in pendulous clusters 3–8 cm (1+1⁄4–3+1⁄4 in) long with 6–20 seeds; each seed is a small nut 2–4 mm (1⁄16–3⁄16 in) long, fully enclosed in a bladder-like involucre.

Uses

The wood is very heavy and hard, and was historically used to fashion plane soles.

Ostrya are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species.

External links

• GRIN database: Ostrya carpinifolia
• Scheda botanica: Ostrya carpinifolia
• Ostrya carpinifolia - information, genetic conservation units and related resources. European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN)

На других языках

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[de] Europäische Hopfenbuche

Die Europäische Hopfenbuche (Ostrya carpinifolia), auch Gemeine Hopfenbuche genannt, ist eine Laubbaum-Art aus der weltweit acht bis zehn Arten umfassenden Gattung der Hopfenbuchen in der Familie der Birkengewächse (Betulaceae).

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- [en] Ostrya carpinifolia

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[es] Ostrya carpinifolia

Ostrya carpinifolia, la ostria, carpe negro o falso carpe es un árbol frondoso que puede alcanzar los 20 m de alto. Pertenece a la familia de las betuláceas.

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[ru] Хмелеграб обыкновенный

Хмелегра́б обыкнове́нный (лат. Ostrya carpinifolia) — вид деревьев рода Хмелеграб (Ostrya) семейства Берёзовые (Betulaceae).

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