Scientific Name: Ostrya virginiana
Common Name: eastern hop hornbeam
Native Range: Eastern North America, Mexico
Zone: 3 to 9
Plant type & Form: small to medium-sized, understory tree with a generally rounded crown
Height: 25.00 to 40.00 feet
Spread: 20.00 to 30.00 feet
Bloom Time: April
Bloom Description: Red-brown (male); light green (female)
Flower: reddish-brown male flowers and greenish female flowers appear in separate catkins on the same tree
Fruit: drooping clusters of sac-like, seed-bearing pods which, as the common name suggests, somewhat resemble the fruit of hops
Leaf: birch-like, oval to lance-shaped, sharply-serrated, dark yellowish-green leaves (to 5″ long)
Bark: Showy and shaggy
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Soil type & pH: average, medium, well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Shade Tree, Street Tree
Tolerates: Deer, Drought, Clay Soil
Notes: commonly called ironwood because of its extremely hard and dense wood
