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- noun Any species of the genus
Ostrya , with exceptionally dense wood.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Other understory species include sassafras and hophornbeam.
Eastern Broadleaf Forest (Continental) Province (Bailey) 2009
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Sweetgum, Carolina basswood, Florida sugar maple, hophornbeam, tulip poplar, and unique mesophytic herbs are also found here.
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Others, such as redbud, juniper and hophornbeam, need the cool, moist treatment after their seedcoats are made permeable.
Gazette.com : LEE REICH 2009
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Others, such as redbud, juniper and hophornbeam, need the cool, moist treatment after their seedcoats are made permeable.
unknown title 2009
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Sweetgum, Carolina basswood, Florida sugar maple, hophornbeam, tulip poplar, and unique mesophytic herbs are also found here.
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Other common forest trees include sweetgum (Liquidamber styraciflua), basswood (Tilia americana), eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), and tulip poplar (Liriondendron tulipifera), while forests in the southern part of the region contain more southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), water oak (Quercus nigra), and Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides).
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