hornbeam in English

noun
1
a deciduous tree of north temperate regions, with oval serrated leaves, inconspicuous drooping flowers, and tough winged nuts. It yields hard pale timber.
The forest has little undergrowth and is mainly composed of beech and pine, interspersed with a few oaks and hornbeams .

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1. In the UK the main trees that are Coppiced are sweet chestnut, hazel and hornbeam

2. 22 The under storey was planted with hornbeam, hazel, silver birch and holly.

3. The woodland also provided oak, hawthorn and hornbeam for building, fuel and the wooden implements found in the adjacent cemetery.

4. The American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) is sometimes called blue Beech, but it is an unrelated species of small tree or shrub

5. In my work I use the tools (drawknife, shaving horse, ax, froe, hornbeam maul, knife) and methods (hand-splitting, pounding, hand-scraping, carving, green-bending) of the Maine woodsmen, Shakers, and Native American Basketmakers.

6. Its territory includes natural habitats defined as ‘priority’ habitats within the meaning of Annex I to the Habitats Directive, such as bog woodland (Natura 2000 code 91D0) and alluvial forests with willow, poplar, alder and ash (Natura 2000 code 91E0), and other habitats of ‘Community importance’, such as sub-continental oak-hornbeam forests (Natura 2000 code 9170).