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  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Birches and Allies
  7. Hop-hornbeams

genus

Hop-hornbeams

Ostrya

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • American Hophornbeam native
  • European Hop-hornbeam introduced
  • Knowlton's Hophornbeam native
  • Japanese Hop-hornbeam
  • Big Bend Hop Hornbeam native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native hop-hornbeams All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • American Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana caterpillars 85 hosts 7 food 26 flowers 5 shelter 1
  • Knowlton's Hophornbeam Ostrya knowltonii caterpillars 3 food 2
  • Big Bend Hop Hornbeam Ostrya chisosensis

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