Wilton Garden Club Herbarium (Wilton Garden Club:WGCH)
WGCH-00000576
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Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch
Betulaceae
Marybeth Wheeler
1977-08-00
8/77
United States of America, Connecticut, Fairfield, Wilton,
41.20694 -73.43989 +-6472m. WGS84
Coordinates are for the centroid of the town polygon. The uncertainty is the largest possible distance between the centroid and the polygon edge.
rocky woods in rich soil; deciduous woodland
Hop-Hornbeam: Bark has shreddy, vertical strips and the six-scaled buds help identify the tree in winter. Each flat, papery sac. borne in clusters, bears one small nut. Spring flowers are in catkins.