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Carpinus caroliniana
American hornbeam, ironwood, musclewood
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Carpinus caroliniana Walter
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		American hornbeam, ironwood, musclewood
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Fagales, Family Betulaceae, Genus Carpinus, Species Carpinus caroliniana


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 4 Vouchers, 5 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Antietam National Battlefield	Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cowpens National Battlefield
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
Natchez Trace Parkway	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	President's Park
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Saratoga National Historical Park	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Suitland Parkway	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Vicksburg National Military Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	7/16/2014

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/1/2025 12:10:05 PM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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