Common
Name: Hornbeam
Latin
Name: Carpinus Betulus
Type:
Deciduous
Location:
Manchester Metropolitan University campus
Ultimate
height: 12m+
Ultimate
spread: 4 – 8m
Located
Carpinus Betulus height: 2m
Leaf
Shape: Elliptical shaped with rounded base, oval shaped leading to a point.
Rigid edges with hairy underside. Varies from yellow, orange and brown in
colour; season dependent.
Bark:
Deep fissured occasionally with dark bands, silver/grey in colour.
Preferred
soil type: Moist but well drained clay, sand, loam or chalk.
Fruit/Flowers:
Flowers are male catkins generally up to 5cm long, Yellow/green in colour with
red outer scales. Fruits being clusters of winged nutlets.
Distribution:
Native to Britain
This
particular Carpinus Betulus is located within a flowerbed, solely consisting of
its own species. The flowerbed is constructed within a social space for the
University students. Its condition seemed well, fulfilling its grid like planting
throughout the space used as a hedge. The ground
conditions were dry but loose at touch. I took a sample of lower level soil and
carried out soil pH tests which read to have a pH of
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| My illustration of the Carpinus Betulus |
