Ostryer de Virginie
Ostrya virginiana
Résumé 2
Ostrya virginiana
Description 3
• Shape: Understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, male; ¾-2 ¼ inches long, red/brown, composed of tightly closed scales, female; 1/8-1/2 inch long, green, nondescript
• Leaves: oval, pointed tip, double toothed, finely hairy, 2-5 inches long and 1-2 inches wide
• Bark: grey/brown, long “stripy” textured rectangular plates
• Fruit/Seed: elongated cluster of inflated, 1/3-1 inch long papery sacs
• Height: 20-50 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: hardwood forest, upland slopes, wooded bluffs, old fields
Sources and Credits
- (c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42264328@N00/2720439076
- Adapted by Jean Francois Noulin from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrya_virginiana
- (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1169486
More Info
- iNaturalist.ca taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
