Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam, blue-beech, musclewood)
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Notes
Key Characteristics
- Leaves with straight, unbranched veins
- Fruit a small nut at the base of a 3-lobed, leaflike bract
- Bark smooth, thin tight, bluish gray
- Trunk with musclelike ridges, wavy in cross section
Sourced from page 261 in "Michigan Trees"
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Many come from Steve Baskauf at Vanderbilt University