Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Ostrya Virginiana

Size:

20'-30' tall by as wide

Leaves:

alternate, simple, oval, sharply and doubly toothed

Flowers:

catkins, not showy; April-May

Fruit:

drooping cluster resembling hops, cone-like, 1"-2" long of leafy, sac-like bracts; May-November

Fall Interest:

yellow; deciduous

Culture:

sun to partial sun; well-drained soil

Disease/Insect:

Use:

lawn tree, street tree, woodland garden, ornamental; important winter food for ruffled grouse

Cultivars:

Notes:

gray ribbony bark, not smooth, finely divided into thin scales; also called ironwood because of very hard dense wood; in the past, bark used medicinally; native to Arkansas