View source for Carpinus caroliniana subsp. caroliniana

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|accepted_name=Carpinus caroliniana subsp. caroliniana
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|common_names=American hornbeam;blue-beech
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|hierarchy=Betulaceae;Betulaceae subfam. Coryloideae;Carpinus;Carpinus caroliniana;Carpinus caroliniana subsp. caroliniana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Betulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Betulaceae subfam. Coryloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carpinus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carpinus caroliniana]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Carpinus caroliniana subsp. caroliniana]]</div></div>
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> to 8 m; trunks short, crooked, shallowly fluted, crowns open, spreading. <b>Bark</b> steel gray or brownish gray, smooth to somewhat roughened. <b>Winter</b> buds containing inflorescences squarish in cross section, 3–4 mm. <b>Leaf</b> blade narrowly ovate to oblong-ovate, 3–8.5(–12) × 3–6 cm, base narrowly rounded to cordate, margins doubly serrate, apex acute or obtuse; surfaces abaxially slightly to moderately pubescent, especially on major veins, without small dark glands. <b>Infructescences</b> 2.5–7 cm; bracts relatively uncrowded, 2–3 × 1.4–2.3 cm, lobes narrow, elongate, apex acute, obtuse, or rounded.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Stream banks, flood plains, and moist slopes, frequently in understory
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Carpinus caroliniana </i>subsp.<i> caroliniana</i> is characteristic of the southern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal plains and also extends northward in the Mississippi Embayment. It differs from <i>C. caroliniana </i>subsp.<i> virginiana</i> in its smaller, more ovate, more acute-tipped leaves that have finer secondary teeth and lack conspicuous dark glands abaxially.</p>
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name=Carpinus caroliniana subsp. caroliniana
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|rank=subspecies
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|family=Betulaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Stream banks, flood plains, and moist slopes, frequently in understory
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
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|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Betulaceae subfam. Coryloideae
|genus=Carpinus
|species=Carpinus caroliniana
|subspecies=Carpinus caroliniana subsp. caroliniana
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