KEY TO GENERA AND SPECIES 



52. Surface of the bark close and gray, with no 



tendency to become furrowed or scaly, al- 

 though the trunk commonly produces at 

 least a few muscle-like or tendon-like ridges, 

 giving it a characteristic appear- 

 ance. New Brunswick southward 

 and westward. (Figs. 51, 52.) 

 American Hornbeam, Blue Beech, 

 Water Beech, Hornbeam, Iron- 

 wood, Carpinus caroliniana Walt. 



53. Leaves with a broadly wedge- 



shaped (or abrupt) and entire American 



Hornbeam. 



base, and a pointed apex. Twigs 



reddish. Bark of old trunks reddish or 



Fig. 52. American Hornbeam. 



