Leaves: Alternate, simple oval-lanceolate, 2" to 5" long and half as wide. Leaf margins finely serrate, dark green and hairy on midrib and between veins above, paler and more pubescent below. Veins doubly serrate and forked at the ends.
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Hop Hornbeam
(Ostrya virginiana)
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SPECIFICATIONS |
| Circumference (in.): | 36 |
| Diameter (in.): | 11.5 |
| Spread (ft.): | 50 |
| Height (ft.): | 60 |
| Total Points: | 109 |
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LOCATION
Owner: UGA State Botanical Gardens.
Nominated by: Bob Barker
Accessible: Yes, Shade garden on path just north of main arbor in parking lot at the conservatory
Coordinates: State Plane
GA West NAD83 (feet)
E: 2,534,661 N: 1,419,000
Notes: Both the hornbeams (American and Hop) have extremely hard wood and share the common name of "Ironwood". It is a small graceful round-shaped tree with many horizontal or drooping branches. In nature, the Hop Hornbeam grows as a medium understory tree preferring dry sites. In cultivation it makes a fine yard tree and is successful in general city plantings.
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Bark: Grayish brown typically broken into long longitudinal strips, free at both ends giving the tree a general shaggy appearance.
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