Eastern hophornbeam (ironwood)
NativeOstrya virginiana
Birch (Betulaceae) · Small tree · 25–40 ft
Knowing it
Shreddy bark in thin strips and hop-like seed clusters. Dry wooded slopes statewide.
What a tree company sees
Very hard wood, hard on chains; small enough to rarely matter.
Recorded in 68 counties
- Adair County
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Barry County
- Benton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Chariton County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Dallas County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Holt County
- Howard County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Laclede County
- Lafayette County
- Lincoln County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Maries County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Nodaway County
- Oregon County
- Osage County
- Perry County
- Pettis County
- Phelps County
- Platte County
- Pulaski County
- Ralls County
- Reynolds County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stone County
- Sullivan County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.