Korean hornbeam
Carpinus turczaninovii · Betulaceae · 소사나무
Look
- Leaves
- Ovate, 3 to 5 cm long and 2 to 3 cm wide, pointed with double teeth. There are 10 to 12 pairs of lateral veins, many hairs on the veins beneath, and linear stipules.
- Flowers
- Blooms in April to May; male catkins are 3 to 6 cm long.
- Fruit
- The fruit spike is 3 to 5 cm long. The bracts, 8 to 16 half-ovate, are toothed on one side only and slightly enclose the nutlet at the base. The ovate nutlet is 5 mm long and ripens in September to October.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- China and Japan; in Korea on the west and south coasts, Samcheok in Gangwon, and Hamgyeongnam-do.
- Ecology
- Grows in dry, rocky places on coastal foothills below 1,000 m; strongly cold-hardy and overwinters well inland, and grows in sun.