There were an elm, a beech, an oak and a hornbeam.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dancing Druids]

Comparisons: The blue beech or hornbeam is often confused with the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of Trees] Reference

Starlings flitter in the branches of the dead hornbeam by the fence.    From Wordnik.com.  [hayden carruth | silence & prepare « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference

The timber that grows in England is oak, ash, elm, beech, and hornbeam.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses] Reference

"Yes ... hornbeam and dragon heartstring?" he shot at Krum, who nodded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]

Back in Maine, the term ironwood clearly referred to the common hop hornbeam.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: HACKMATACK.] Reference

One old hornbeam-tree is pointed out as the only tree that escaped destruction.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878] Reference

Scrub oak and hornbeam quickly led to the cool, welcome shade of parkland oak woods.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

'Go thou to-night, and stand under the branches of the hornbeam, and wait for my coming.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fisherman and His Soul] Reference

It hardly seems necessary to dwell upon the value of the hornbeam as a hedge or shelter plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference

In any soil or position the hornbeam will grow readily, except exceedingly dry or too marshy spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference

Halfway along, tall hornbeam hedges gave way to the miniature yew that bordered the Egeskov Garden.    From Wordnik.com.  [The House at Riverton] Reference

The grave, however, remained open until April or May, when it was covered with hornbeam and elm logs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summer Sacrifice] Reference

It consists of the mixed oak-hornbeam forests as well as floodplain vegetation of the Po Basin in Italy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Po Basin mixed forests] Reference

The dolomite communities comprise tertiary pine, hornbeam Ostrya carpinifolia, spruce and beech-fir forests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia] Reference

The foundation of the arches was fashioned in 1993, and it took several years for the hornbeam to cover them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paradise Regained] Reference

Photograph by Alexandre Bailhache Shown here in autumn, the Prieur é is surrounded by arched hornbeam hedges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paradise Regained] Reference

The provosts brought him, and the firing squad watched as he was tied to the hornbeam, but Sharpe did not watch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Enemy]

On account of its great toughness the wood of the hornbeam is employed in engineering work for cogs in machinery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference

Also mixed deciduous oak-hornbeam forests have been reduced to a tiny fraction of their original distribution range.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central European mixed forests] Reference

The warm-temperate southern part of the ecozone includes the hornbeam species Carpinus tschonoskii and C. laxiflora.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Korean deciduous forests] Reference

The plant bears cutting quite as well as the common hornbeam, and wherever the latter will grow this will also succeed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference

Highlight for me this year was the hornbeam trees in the Best In Show Laurent Perrier garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference

The elm, beech, lime, and hornbeam, are exactly the same in Louisiana as in France; the last of these trees is very common here.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference

'Where is he, where is he?' shrieked the witches when they saw her, but she only laughed, and ran to the hornbeam, and taking the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fisherman and His Soul] Reference

Some broadleaf forest exists between 1,000 and 1,500 m, mainly beech Fagus sylvaticawith hornbeam Carpinus spp and oak Quercus spp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pirin National Park, Bulgaria] Reference

A few years ago an English firm required a large quantity of hornbeam wood for the manufacture of lasts, but failed to procure it in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference

High valleys and sheltered slopes feature forests dominated by beech (Fagus sylvatica) and hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis and C. betulus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkan mixed forests] Reference

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) often occurs in the understory, along with sassafras (Sassafras spp.) and hop hornbeam (Carpinus spp.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Central U.S. hardwood forests] Reference

Beside the footpath grow hazel, alder, lime, birch, hornbeam, privet, dogwood and holly which Mr Darwin ordered to be planted decades ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference

As in our common hornbeam, the male catkins appear before the leaves, and the female flowers develop in spring at the same time as the leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference

The entrance lies between two hornbeam trees, which stand close to the brink, spreading over it their thorn-like branches and their shining leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference

In mountainous regions the hornbeam occupies a zone lower than that appropriated by the beech, rarely ascending more than 1,200 yards above sea level.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference

The hornbeam Walk in Richmond Park, from Pembroke Lodge toward the Ham Gate, will recur to many Southerners as a good instance of the fitness of the hornbeam for avenues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference

On the Continent the insects have spread to hornbeam, hazel, beech, sweet chestnut and birch trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference