Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood)

Superb understory tree with fruit that looks like hops, hence the common name”hop hornbeam”.

Associates: Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory), Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty), Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium), Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple), Prunus serotina (Wild Black Cherry), Quercus alba (White Oak), Quercus rubra (Red Oak), Ribes missouriensis (Missouri gooseberry), Sassafras albidum (Sassafras), Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon’s Seal), Solidago caesia (Blue-stemmed Goldenrod), Tilia americana (American Linden)