Common name
English: Common Hornbeam
German: Hainbuche
English: Common Hornbeam
German: Hainbuche
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fagales (32)
Family: Betulaceae (9)(family description)
Genus: Carpinus (1)
Epithet: betulus L. (1)
Synonyms: Carpinus betulus C.K.Schneid., Carpinus carpinizza Host, Carpinus caucasica Grossh., Carpinus causasica Grossh, Carpinus compressus Gilib., Carpinus incisa (Aiton) Borkh., Carpinus intermedia Wierzb., Carpinus nervata Dulac, Carpinus pendula Massé, Carpinus quercifolia Desf., Carpinus sepium Lam., Carpinus ulmifolia Salisb., Carpinus ulmoides Gray, Carpinus vulgaris Mill.
betulus => birch-like
caucasica => from the Caucasus, Caucasian
compressus => flattened, pressed together
incisa => cut into; sharply and deeply cut
intermedia => intermediate, in between, a hybrid
pendula => hanging down as through weakness of the stem
sepium => from saepes: 'hedge, fence'
ulmifolia => elm-leaved
vulgaris => common, everyday
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree, arborescent
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