Filed As:
Betulaceae
Carpinus caroliniana Walter
Betulaceae
Carpinus caroliniana Walter
Common Names:
muscle wood, hornbeam, bluebeech, ironwood
muscle wood, hornbeam, bluebeech, ironwood
Location:
United States of America. New York. Westchester Co. Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnass Family Preserve, Town of Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York. Eastern Loop, straight to first hill near bottom.
United States of America. New York. Westchester Co. Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnass Family Preserve, Town of Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York. Eastern Loop, straight to first hill near bottom.
Description:
Small tree, 3 m tall; bark smooth, gray, with vertical patterns (see photo). Twigs reddish-brown, leaf bud scales with brown at tips, lenticels white, stipules oblong, 6 x 3 mm; secondary veins with white tufts of trichomes in axils with midrib,. Catkins pendent, bracts green, somewhat tinged with red, with scattered simple trichomes, these often on apex of anthers. The anthers had not yet dehisced and there was no sign of female flowers. Male flowers with aboiut 15 stamens. Three days later all male catkins spent and flowers of females catkins with red stigmas. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Small tree, 3 m tall; bark smooth, gray, with vertical patterns (see photo). Twigs reddish-brown, leaf bud scales with brown at tips, lenticels white, stipules oblong, 6 x 3 mm; secondary veins with white tufts of trichomes in axils with midrib,. Catkins pendent, bracts green, somewhat tinged with red, with scattered simple trichomes, these often on apex of anthers. The anthers had not yet dehisced and there was no sign of female flowers. Male flowers with aboiut 15 stamens. Three days later all male catkins spent and flowers of females catkins with red stigmas. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Habitat:
Deciduous forest.
Deciduous forest.
Feature Notes:
Tree visited again on 6 May 2015 and female catkins were in flower and the leaves flushed but still not at adult slze
Tree visited again on 6 May 2015 and female catkins were in flower and the leaves flushed but still not at adult slze
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 02269452
GUID: dcc856cf-2765-4b5d-bafd-44f622e4f6b1
NY Barcode: 02269452
GUID: dcc856cf-2765-4b5d-bafd-44f622e4f6b1
Map:
Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (41.1811, -73.5858)
Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (41.1811, -73.5858)