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Musclewood
Latin Name:
Carpinus caroliniana
location:
Canada down through Texas across to Florida
The Musclewood, scientifically known as Carpinus caroliniana, can be found more or less around Canada down through Texas across to Florida. Its morphology is mainly a deciduous large shrub or small tree, making it a very interesting plant! In the summer, its foliage looks like alternate leaf arrangement and in the automn it can be described as yellow, orange, and red fall color. The Musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana) has beautiful flowers that are monoecious with male and female flowers on the same plant and grows fruits, characterized as a nutlet subtended by a 3-winged, leaf-like bract. An interesting characteristic it has is its bark, where we can find smooth, gray bark on it. An important thing to know regarding the way it is cultured is that transplants from containers Also, an inconvinient with the Musclewood can be that leaf diseases It can be easy to recognize a Carpinus caroliniana with its small, imbricate buds, 0.25" long. The Musclewood's propagation method is done in an interesting way since it performs it by seed, but requires stratification
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