European Hop-hornbeam
Ostrya carpinifolia Scop.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 21 m
- wide
- —
Betulaceae
Also called Hop Hornbeam
Formerly Carpinus ostrya, Ostrya ladelcii
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SC. & S. Europeto Caucasus, LebanonKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 21 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Slovenian
- črni gaber
- Czech
- habrovec habrolistý
- Italian
- Carpino nero
- Macedonian
- Црн габер
- Dutch
- Europese hopbeuk
- Sardinian
- Aurri
- Turkish
- Gürgen yapraklı kayacık
- Venetian
- Càrpano mòro
- Chinese
- 欧洲铁木
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Ostrya carpinifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.