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Betulaceae

American hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K.Koch

Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Ostrya

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American hophornbeam: Ostrya virginiana (Hop-hornbeam) from Boyle Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, eastern North America
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (15)
arz
اوستريا فيرجينيانا
Chinese
美国铁木
Czech
Habrovec virginský
Dutch
Amerikaanse hopbeuk
English
American hophornbeam, Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Eastern hop hornbeam, Hop hornbeam, Eastern hophornbeam, Hardhack, Leverwood
Finnish
Amerikanhumalapyökki
French
Ostryer de Virginie, Bois de fer, Ostryer de Virdinie
German
Virginische Hopfenbuche
Norwegian Bokmål
Virginiahumlebøk
Persian
چوباستخوانی آمریکایی
Polish
Chmielograb wirginijski
Russian
Хмелеграб виргинский
Slovenian
Virginijski gaber
Spanish
Guapaque, Guichin, Mora, Mora roja, Palo blanco moro, Pepinque, Petatillo, Pipinque
Turkish
Amerika kayacığı

Synonyms

  • Carpinus virginiana Mill.
  • Ostrya italica subsp. virginiana (Mill.) H.J.P.Winkl.
  • Ostrya virginiana subsp. lasia (Fernald) A.E.Murray
  • Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana
  • Ostrya virginica var. glandulosa Spach
  • Zugilus virginica Raf.

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.