- Carpinus betulus
- Europe, Asia Minor
Genus
Carpinus is the name for the hornbeam, hornbeam or hornbeam, head wood. Celtic means car wood and pin head. The wood was formerly used to make ox yokes.
Deciduous, smooth-barked forest tree, also used as a hedge tree due to its pruning tolerance; undergrowth in parks, gardens and forests, up to 22 meters high and 15 meters wide; with a conical crown, twisted trunks.
Information on the species
Carpinus betulus
Leaves: dark green, toothed, round-oval-pointed, about five to ten centimetres long; yellow autumn coloration
Flowers: monoecious plants; male flowers: drooping, yellow catkins, four to seven centimetres long; female flowers: green catkins, less than three centimetres long; inconspicuous
Bark: silver-grey, smooth
Fruits: light green, grape-like clusters up to seven centimetres long with three-lobed, three-centimetre hanging leaves, embedded, small ribbed nut seeds
Properties: frost-hardy, conditionally drought-resistant, industrially resistant
Wood use: The wood is considered hardwood, suitable for cartwright's and turner's carriages and was formerly used for ox yokes. Hence the Celtic name explanation above.