[Magdalen] Bye-Bye Blue Beech

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

I always hate cutting a tree I've planted, but today I had removed 
my two Blue Beech trees (Carpinus carolinica because they had 
gotten too large, and were affecting two other prize trees - a
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) and the largest
of several Alaska Cedars (Cupressus nootkatensis).
 
The Blue Beeches are really related to the Birch family and not
to true beeches.  Together with another Birch family relative,
the Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) they are also called
"Ironwoods" because of their extremely hard wood.
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpinus_caroliniana
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrya_virginiana
 
 
 
David Strang.