Ostrya japonica

Ostrya japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Betulaceae
Genus:	Ostrya
Species:	O. japonica
Binomial name
Ostrya japonica Sarg.

Ostrya japonica, known as East Asian hophornbeam, ^[1] or Japanese hop-hornbeam, is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family growing to 25 m tall. It is native to Japan, Korea and China. In China, it occurs in temperate forests of southern Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, and Shaanxi provinces at altitudes between 1,000–2,800 metres (3,300–9,200 ft). ^[2] In Japan it is known as Asada (浅田).

References

1. English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 556. ISBN   978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017– via Korea Forest Service.
2. eFloras. "Ostrya japonica". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

Further reading

• Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan, 1984. ISBN   978-0-87474-708-9
• Woody Plants of Japan, Vol. 1, 2000. ISBN   4-635-07003-4