Habitat. 



124 WOOD AND FOREST. 



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Blue Beech. Hornbeam. Water Beech. Iron-v,'ood. 



Blue refers to color of bark; the trunk resembles beech; horn refers to 

 horny texture of wood. 



Carpinus caroliniana Walter. 

 Carpiiius, classical Latin name; caroliniana, named from the state. 



Habitat: (S.ee map) ; 

 best on western slopes 

 of Southern Allegheny 

 ilonntains and in south- 

 ern Arkansas and Texas. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, a small 

 tree, .30'-.50' high ; diam- 

 eter, 6"-2'; short, fluted, 

 sinewy trunk ; Ijark, 

 smooth, bluish gray; 

 leaves, faleate, doubly 

 serrate: fruit, small oval 

 nut, enclosed in leaf-like 

 bract. 



Appearance of Wood; 



Color, light brown, sap- 

 wood tluck. whitish ; dif- 

 fuse-porous : rings, ob- 

 scure ; grain, close ; rays, 

 numerous, broad. 



Physical Qualities ; 



Heavy (13th in this 

 list) ; 4.5 lbs. per cu. ft., 

 Leaf. ^ sp. gr. 0.7286; very 



