Short note: This website is in Beta - we are currently building everything up but you can already find the apps to download and participate! Thank you and stay safe!

CS IconSet Conversation CCBY SPOTTERONQuestions, help or just curious?
Login at the Forum and start a thread! > Access the Forum

Common Hornbeam

Common Hornbeam

Carpinus betulus

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Trunk: smooth bark, often deeply furrowed with age, twisted growth
  • Leaves: ribbed surface, double serrated at the leaf edge (large and small serrations)
  • Buds: fawn-brown with light-coloured edges on the individual bud sheds
  • Fruits/seeds: conspicuous seed clusters
  • Other: very tolerant to pruning, therefore also found as a hedge or topiary 

Hainbuche Blätter Janina Deutschmann

Hainbuche Thomas Stephan Früchte LV KG OG

PA120012Hainbuche Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1), Thomas Stephan (2), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (3)