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2nd April 2014, Yarrow Valley, Chorley, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
can you see it. Its that small tree in the foreground! They only grow up to 30m tall; this is a young specimen. |
2nd April 2014, Yarrow Valley, Chorley, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
This is a much older Hornbeam. The orangeness of part of the bark may be due to a lichen. The green covering is some kind of moss. |
17th sept 2017, Black Leach Country Pk. Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Hornbeam is Dioecious, with separate male and female trees.
Male. The male catkins are pale-green and not leaf-like. |
2nd April 2014, Yarrow Valley, Chorley, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Female. The female catkins are totally different. Here young catkins are still growing longer and then drooping downwards. The two in the foreground are still tightly curled up directing themselves slightly upwards before drooping downwards] |
2nd April 2014, Yarrow Valley, Chorley, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Female. As-yet unopened female catkins. |
2nd April 2014, Yarrow Valley, Chorley, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Female. Elongating and opening further, the fruits still developing hidden beneath each brown-tipped triangular bract. |
30th March 2014, unknown place. | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
Female. Bracts fully opened, the green, developing female flowers sheltering beneath each bract. |
30th March 2014, unknown place. | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
Female. The female flowers nearer the end have developed into reddish seeds. Some of the bracts have developed a small lobe on each side. The bracts have hairs on their edges and a brownish point at the tip. |
25th April 2015, Bromborough Rake, Dibbinsdale, Wirral. | Photo: © RWD |
25th April 2015, Bromborough Rake, Dibbinsdale, Wirral. | Photo: © RWD |
The leaves are oval with an acuminate tip and irregular teeth and between 4 to 10cm long. They turn yellow in autumn. |
25th April 2015, Bromborough Rake, Dibbinsdale, Wirral. | Photo: © RWD |
The leaves have straight veins at about 45° to the central vein, and when new are heavily concertinead. |
25th April 2015, Bromborough Rake, Dibbinsdale, Wirral. | Photo: © RWD |
New leaves are at first rolled-up like an umbrella. The leaves are already present when the male or female flowers appear. |
Not to be semantically confused with : any of the numerous It occurs all over England and the southern and some eastern parts of Scotland. Also to be found on the eastern side of Ireland. But its highest presence is in the south east corner of the UK.
It is native and occurs in woodland, scrub and in hedgerows. The fruits however are very variable and it can as a result be mistakenly identified as |
Carpinus | betulus | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Betulaceae |
Carpinus (Hornbeam) |
Birch Family [Betulaceae] |