Carpinus_orientalis

<i>Carpinus orientalis</i>

Carpinus orientalis

Species of tree

Quick Facts Carpinus orientalis, Scientific classification ...

Carpinus orientalis, known as the Oriental hornbeam, is a hornbeam native to Hungary, the Balkans, Italy, Crimea, Turkey, Iran, and the Caucasus.[1][2] and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the Carpinus betulus (European Hornbeam).

Description

The Carpinus orientalis is a small tree, rarely over 10 m tall and often shrubby. It has minute, with small leaves, 3–5 cm long.

The seeds have a simple bract, not trilobed like Carpinus betulus, that is about 2 cm long.[3][4]

Cultivation

In recent years, this species has been extensively used as an ornamental tree for bonsai.[citation needed]

References

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  1. [1]
    "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  2. [2]
    "Carpinus orientalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  3. [3]
    Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR. 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad
  4. [4]
    Browicz, Kasimierz. Flora Iranica : Flora des Iranischen Hochlandes und der Umrahmenden Gebirge : Persien, Afghanistan, Teile von West-Pakistan, Nord-Iraq, (cont) 97: 2. 1972.


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