Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension Master Gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Nestled in the forests of central Ohio among larger ...

THERE ARE TWO members of the birch family that often go unnoticed in the understory of our forests: the Eastern hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) and American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana). Both of ...

On this edition of ID That Tree, meet the American hornbeam, also known as the musclewood or the water or blue beech. This native Indiana understory tree stands out due to its gray bark and striations ...

Children from Parkside Preschool took turns helping Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz add mulch to the base of a pre-planted American hornbeam tree during an Arbor Day celebration Friday at Community Park.

* What it is: A mid-sized, U.S. native shade tree with orange-red fall foliage and a smooth, gray trunk (nicknamed "musclewood" for how the trunk looks like it's flexing a thigh muscle). Slow-growing ...

The American hornbeam has two other common names which describe the hardness of its wood and the sinew-like fluting of its trunk and older branches: ironwood and musclewood. The relatively small size ...

If you're looking for a tree that grows well in part to full shade and also in wet sites, consider our native American Hornbeam, which is a member of the birch family. The botanical name is Carpinus ...

There are two members of the birch family that often go unnoticed in the understory of our forests: the Eastern hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) and American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana.) Both of ...

Nestled in the forests of central Ohio among larger trees, you might find a smaller, less conspicuous tree called Carpinus caroliniana. Also known as American hornbeam, blue beech, musclewood, ...