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An individual instance of Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/6-189
Notes:
This small tree is located near the bottom of the stairs in the retaining wall by the chapel. It is between the sidewalk to 21st Ave.S. and the Central Library.
American hornbeam has leaves similar to hop hornbeam leaves. The bark of American hornbeam is smooth like beech bark (giving it one of its common names: "blue beech"), but looks like it has rippling muscles beneath it (giving it another of its common names: "muscle-tree"). This is quite different from the shreddy bark of hop hornbeam. American hornbeam fruits hang in a small cluster which has a more leafy look than the hop hornbeam fruits.
American hornbeam is common in middle Tennessee forests.
American hornbeam has leaves similar to hop hornbeam leaves. The bark of American hornbeam is smooth like beech bark (giving it one of its common names: "blue beech"), but looks like it has rippling muscles beneath it (giving it another of its common names: "muscle-tree"). This is quite different from the shreddy bark of hop hornbeam. American hornbeam fruits hang in a small cluster which has a more leafy look than the hop hornbeam fruits.
American hornbeam is common in middle Tennessee forests.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 2-950.
This particular organism is believed to have managed means of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Carpinus caroliniana
Walter
sec. fna.org 1993
common name: American hornbeam
family: Betulaceae
Identified 2005-11-17 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14607°, -86.80042°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2005-11-17
2006-03-15
2014-09-11
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