European hornbeams are excellent in groupings around large buildings and also useful as screens, hedges, and windbreak trees. The European hornbeam has densely textured foliage and handsome, slate-gray smooth to fluted bark.

An attractive, densely branched, columnar tree when young, aging into a stately, broad cone shape with handsome, fluted, gray bark. Distinctive, dark green foliage turns yellow-orange in fall. Plant in groups as a screen or windbreak, or use as a specimen in a narrow yard or street side. Takes well to hard pruning as a formal hedge. Deciduous.

Carpinus betulus, the European or common hornbeam, is a species of tree in the birch family Betulaceae, native to Western Asia and central, eastern, and southern Europe, including southern England. [1]

2022年4月14日 · There are 41 species of hornbeam trees, with one native to North America (Carpinus caroliniana) and one native to Europe (Carpinus betulus). Native hornbeam trees are classified as small to medium-sized trees growing between 20 and 82 ft. (6 – 25 m).

European hornbeam attracts small birds, and mammals serving as a source of food, shelter, nesting, and roosting. It also supports moth larvae making it an excellent addition to a pollinator or nighttime garden.

Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus Carpinus in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common English name hornbeam derives from the hardness of the woods (likened to horn) and the Old English beam, "tree" (cognate with Dutch Boom and German Baum).

'Fastigiata', sometimes called Upright European hornbeam, displays a narrow, fastigiate form in youth, but gradually acquires a tear drop or oval-vase shape with age, typically maturing to 40’ tall and 30’ wide.

Attractive in all seasons, Carpinus betulus (European Hornbeam) is a slow-growing, large deciduous tree with a fluted gray trunk and a beautiful oval-rounded, densely foliated crown. The branches are covered with ovate, serrated and conspicuously …

Color/Appearance: Hornbeam’s sapwood is very thick, with most boards and lumber being comprised entirely of sapwood. Color is nearly white. Pale yellowish brown heartwood isn’t clearly demarcated from sapwood. Grain/Texture: Grain is straight …

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