Carpinus orientalis
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Carpinus orientalis is a hornbeam
native from southeastern Europe
to northern Iran
and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitude
s than European Hornbeam
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It is a small tree
, rarely over 10 m tall and often shrubby. It has small leaves
, 3-5 cm long. The seeds
differ from those of European Hornbeam in having a simple bract (not trilobed), about 2 cm long.
Hornbeam
Hornbeams are relatively small hardwood trees in the genus Carpinus . Though some botanists grouped them with the hazels and hop-hornbeams in a segregate family, Corylaceae, modern botanists place the hornbeams in the birch subfamily Coryloideae...
native from southeastern Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to northern Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
s than European Hornbeam
European Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus is a hornbeam native to eastern, western, central and southern England. It requires a warm climate for good growth, and occurs only at elevations up to 600 metres...
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It is a small tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
, rarely over 10 m tall and often shrubby. It has small leaves
Leaves
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, 3-5 cm long. The seeds
SEEDS
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differ from those of European Hornbeam in having a simple bract (not trilobed), about 2 cm long.