On this edition of ID That Tree, meet the American hornbeam, also known as the musclewood or the water or blue beech. This native Indiana understory tree stands out due to its gray bark and striations ...
Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension Master Gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Nestled in the forests of central Ohio among larger ...
* What it is: A mid-sized, U.S. native shade tree with orange-red fall foliage and a smooth, gray trunk (nicknamed "musclewood" for how the trunk looks like it's flexing a thigh muscle). Slow-growing ...
1. Litter quality is an important ecosystem factor, which may affect undergrowth species richness via decomposition and organic layers directly, but also via longer-term changes in soil pH and ...