American hornbeam (musclewood)
NativeCarpinus caroliniana
Birch (Betulaceae) · Small tree · 20–35 ft
Knowing it
Smooth gray bark with muscle-like ridges, along streams under taller trees in the southern and eastern counties.
What a tree company sees
Extremely hard wood; small and sound.
Recorded in 52 counties
- Barry County
- Benton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Cooper County
- Crawford County
- Dallas County
- Dent County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Maries County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Oregon County
- Osage County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Pulaski County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.