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Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K.Koch

Betulaceae

MC ME SC SE North America (Canada: S Manitoba to Nova Scotia; USA: Wyoming to Maine, Texas to Florida; Mexico to Honduras)

MC ME SC SE

M[L]

sci mes->xer neut acid

dr dr(ob) (native American used it to treat toothache, to bathe sore muscles for hemorrhages from lungs, for cough, kidney trouble, female weakness, cancer of the rectum, consumption and flux) fr fw ma pl ti (mallet, other things nesessitating a great resistance, runner, tool handles)

Carpinus virginiana Mill. non (Marshall) Sudw. Ostrya guatemalensis Rose Ostrya italica ssp. virginiana H.J.P.Winkl. Ostrya mexicana Rose Ostrya virginiana ssp. lasia (Fernald) E.Murray Ostrya virginiana var. glandulosa Sarg. Ostrya virginiana var. guatemalensis (H.J.P.Winkl.) J.F.Macbr. Ostrya virginiana var. lasia Fernald

eastern hophornbeam; American hop-hornbeam; American hophornbeam (Canada); American hornbeam p.p., deer wood, eastern hop hornbeam; hop hornbeam (Canada, USA); hop-hornbeam, hophornbeam; hornbeam (USA); iron-wood (Canada); ironwood (USA); leverwood (Canada, USA); rough-barked ironwood

ostryer de Virginie; bois à levier (Canada); bois d'or; bois de fer, bois dur (Canada); charme houblon de Virginie, charme noir de Virginie, charme-houblon, ostryer bois-de-fer, ostryer d'Amérique, ostryer dur

aliso blanco; canillo de venado (Honduras); duraznillo (Guatemala); guapaque (Mexico); meseal; moraroja (Mexico); tatiscoba (Guatemala)

guapaque (Mexico); Amerikanische Hopfenbuche, Virginische Hopfenbuche (german); aliso colorado (mam, Guatemala); carpino americano, carpino della Virginia (italian); gamuso (zacapa)

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Latin name	Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K.Koch
Family	Betulaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (Canada: S Manitoba to Nova Scotia; USA: Wyoming to Maine, Texas to Florida; Mexico to Honduras)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci mes->xer neut acid
Use	dr dr(ob) (native American used it to treat toothache, to bathe sore muscles for hemorrhages from lungs, for cough, kidney trouble, female weakness, cancer of the rectum, consumption and flux) fr fw ma pl ti (mallet, other things nesessitating a great resistance, runner, tool handles)
Synonym	Carpinus virginiana Mill. non (Marshall) Sudw. Ostrya guatemalensis Rose Ostrya italica ssp. virginiana H.J.P.Winkl. Ostrya mexicana Rose Ostrya virginiana ssp. lasia (Fernald) E.Murray Ostrya virginiana var. glandulosa Sarg. Ostrya virginiana var. guatemalensis (H.J.P.Winkl.) J.F.Macbr. Ostrya virginiana var. lasia Fernald
English name	eastern hophornbeam; American hop-hornbeam; American hophornbeam (Canada); American hornbeam p.p., deer wood, eastern hop hornbeam; hop hornbeam (Canada, USA); hop-hornbeam, hophornbeam; hornbeam (USA); iron-wood (Canada); ironwood (USA); leverwood (Canada, USA); rough-barked ironwood
French name	ostryer de Virginie; bois à levier (Canada); bois d'or; bois de fer, bois dur (Canada); charme houblon de Virginie, charme noir de Virginie, charme-houblon, ostryer bois-de-fer, ostryer d'Amérique, ostryer dur
Spanish name	aliso blanco; canillo de venado (Honduras); duraznillo (Guatemala); guapaque (Mexico); meseal; moraroja (Mexico); tatiscoba (Guatemala)
Other name	guapaque (Mexico); Amerikanische Hopfenbuche, Virginische Hopfenbuche (german); aliso colorado (mam, Guatemala); carpino americano, carpino della Virginia (italian); gamuso (zacapa)
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