THERE ARE TWO members of the birch family that often go unnoticed in the understory of our forests: the Eastern hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) and American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana). Both of ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, meet the Eastern Hop Hornbeam, so named because of its fruit which resembles hops. This small, native, shade tolerant tree also is identifiable by its simply finely ...

My neighbor has a beautiful hop hornbeam tree growing next to his driveway. Up until a couple years ago, I had never heard of this tree and spent some time trying to convince him it was an immature ...

Three cheers for anyone trying to better themselves at the gym or the smoothie bar this January, but as for me and my house, we’ll have a heaping helping of native plant knowledge from the listserv at ...

My neighbor has a beautiful hop hornbeam tree growing next to his driveway. Up until a couple years ago, I had never heard of this tree and spent some time trying to convince him it was an immature ...

Ostrya virginiana, also known as eastern hop hornbeam, is a small, slow growing, understory tree, native to the eastern half of the United States. It grows 20 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 30 feet wide.

Years ago while working as a state park naturalist on the St. Croix I saw a tree species that was new to me. In mid-summer the unusual seed pod popped from the sea of green leaves of the heavily ...

Ironwood is a tree that's easy to overlook in our crowded woods. It doesn't have the stature of the majestic oaks, nor the bold presence of the hickories. It doesn't produce hefty fruit like the ...

How many of you have ever heard of a hop hornbeam? Uh-huh. OK. How many of you know what it is? Does it help if I tell you that it’s a tree? And that it grows in the upland woods in many places right ...

There are two members of the birch family that often go unnoticed in the understory of our forests: the Eastern hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) and American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana.) Both of ...