#997 most planted
Carpinus laxiflora
Aka-shide · also Loose-flower hornbeam, Loose-flowered hornbeam
Deciduous
197
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
6.9 in
median trunk (18 cm, 197 measured)
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Carpinus laxiflora is a deciduous tree native to the Korean Peninsula and Japan, typically found in mountain forests. It grows to a height of 10 to 15 meters. While sometimes used in bonsai, it is rarely planted as a park or street tree.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1910.08%—6.6 in
- 60.01%7.3 yr10 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 32.8–49.2 ft
Trunk diameters across every city: median 6.9 in, mean 7.1 in, 90th percentile 12 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Hokkaido deciduous forests
- Nihonkai montane deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
- Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests
Other Carpinus in the catalogue
9 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
