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American hophornbeam
Plant
Ostrya virginiana, the American hophornbeam, is a species of Ostrya native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Manitoba and eastern Wyoming, southeast to northern Florida and southwest to eastern Texas. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Ostrya virginiana
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Ostrya
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Fagales
Very strong, hard, heavy, durable, light brown with thick, pale sapwood; used for fence posts, handles of tools, mallets and other small articles, and fuel.