Native Plants

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana
Location

Native to

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Type
Trees
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Fruit, Nuts

Also known as Musclewood, Ironwood, Blue Beech, and Water Beech, this slow-growing, deciduous, understory tree has an attractive globular form, reaching 20 to 35 feet in height. It is easily grown in average, medium moisture soil in partial to full shade, preferring moist, organically rich soils. Mature trees have smooth, gray trunks with furrows that give them a muscle fiber-like appearance, fittingly earning it the nickname, Musclewood.

May Attract

American Hornbeam is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Finches
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Nuthatches
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Thrushes
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers
Family
Woodpeckers
Family
Wrens

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TREES

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Wood Warblers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Vireos
+11

May attract

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Nuthatches
Vireos
Thrushes
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Thrushes
Crows & Jays
Orioles
+10

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SHRUBS / TREES

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Chickadees & Titmice
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Nuthatches
+10

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Sparrows
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Orioles
Waxwings
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TREES

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Wood Warblers
Thrushes
Crows & Jays
+11

May attract

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Crows & Jays
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