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European Hornbeam

Carpinus betulus
Carpinaceae

The tree 6-20m tall, with lumpy stem and irregular crown.The bark is smooth, lumpy, gray. The blade leaf is oval, 2x serrated, with 11-15 pairs of lateral veins. The fruit are nuts, which are connected to flat trilobate wing. The fruit are nuts with ribs, which are connected to flat trilobate wing. Wing composed of three (false)leaves, middle lobe is up to 3,5 cm long. Shoots: Young shoots hairy, later hairless, thin, brown, shiny. Natural range: Europe up to the southern Sweden, the Western Asia; in our area domestic.

Buds

Buds alternate, spindle, sharp, in the middle widest. Buds scales on the edge with gentle white hair.

Leaves

Leaves are simple. The lamina is longish ovate, up to 10 cm long; twice serrated; with 11-15 pairs of lateral veins. The tip is shortly pointed; the basis is rounded. The petiole si up to 1.5 cm long.

Fruits

The fruit are nuts with ribs, which are connected to flat trilobate wing. Wing composed of three (false)leaves, middle lobe is up to 3,5 cm long.
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