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American Hornbeam
American Hornbeam trees are also known by the common names of Musclewood, Ironwood, Blue Beech, and Water Beech trees. The American Hornbeam tree, Carpinus caroliniana, is a shade tolerant under story tree. The word "hornbeam" comes from the words "horn" for "toughness" and "beam" an old English word for "tree" and refers to this tree's very hard, tough, wood. This shade tree will provide cool, dense shade in the summer because of its many leaves giving a dense appearance. This deciduous species provides nuts that are eaten by many birds such as grouse, bobwhite, pheasant and wild turkey. Carpinus caroliniana exhibits leaves that are thin and beautifully translucent. In late autumn the leaves turn deep scarlet and orange providing good fall color tree. Cottontail rabbits and deer nibble on the shoots of this tree. ... find out more
Pignut Hickory The nuts of this particular hickory, unlike some of the others, are bitter and scarcely edible. This shade tree turns a bright yellow for great fall color. It occurs with other hickories and with oaks, characteristically on hillsides and ridges. The nuts they are an important food for squirrels and chipmunks and other wildlife. This tree grows well in fairly rich, well drained to dry soils. Pignut Hickory trees, as with other hickories, has wood that is tough and strong. The bark may be marked in a sort of diamond pattern by shallow furrows and narrow ridges. |
