Taxonomy: Fam. Corylaceae// Genus: Ostrya// Species: Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Uotila, 2009).
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993).
Distribution: Native from South Central and South Europe to Caucasus, Lebanon and Syria according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Also native to Northern European Russia according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Uotila, 2009).
Habitat: Mixed oak forests.
Lifeform: Perennial, tree; Mesophanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Spring.
References:
Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Ostrya carpinifolia. Uotila, P. (2009): Corylaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Ostrya%20carpinifolia&PTRefFk=7300000 [Accessed 02.04.2022].
Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295664-1 [Accessed 02.04.2022].
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