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Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch (ironwood), fruit
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Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch (ironwood), fruit

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digital color photograph
Born digital
(Item)
Photographic image
2005 – 2012
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch (ironwood), image shows hop-like fruit, fruit is a 1/3" long nutlet enclosed in an inflated membranous hairy ovate involucre that is 3/4-1" long resembling the fruit of hops hence the name, entire infructescence is 1.5-2.5" long by 0.7-1.5" wide
Betulaceae (birch family)
Fruit
Ostrya Scop. (hop-hornbeam)
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch (ironwood)
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Ostrya
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