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Ostrya chisosensis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Betulaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Fagales

Genus
  
Ostrya

Similar
  
Ostrya knowltonii, Ostrya japonica, Ostrya virginiana, Ostrya, Ostrya carpinifolia

Ostrya chisosensis, common name "Big Bend hop-hornbeam" or "Chisos hop-hornbeam," is a plant species endemic to Texas. It is known only from the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park, in Brewster County, although related populations in northern Chihuahua have not been studied in detail and may be the same species. It grows along streambanks and on the walls of canyons.

Ostrya chisosensis is a tree up to 12 m tall. Bark splits into narrow vertical strips. Leaves broadly elliptic to lanceolate, lacking glandular hairs. Staminate (male) catkins are 3.5–5 cm long.

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Ostrya chisosensis Wikipedia