Iron-Wood. Hop-hornbeam. Ostrya virginiana.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch.
Engl.: American hop-hornbeam, eastern hop-hornbeam, ironwood.
Fran.: bois de fer, ostryer de Virginie.
Bot. syn.: Carpinus virginiana Mill.
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