I can see American hophornbeam or 🛠 ironwood Ostrya virginiana

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Also called:

• eastern hophornbeam,
• 🛠 ironwood (although do not confuse with American hornbeam or 💪︎ musclewood  Carpinus caroliniana nor any of the many other plants which are also sometimes called that),
• leverwood, and
• hardhack (in 🇺🇸 USA New England).

Part of hophornbeam  genus Ostrya in alder / birch / hazel / hornbeam  family Betulaceae in bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut  order Fagales.

Native to southern 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 USA central and East, much of 🇲🇽 México, and into Central America.   🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🗺 map (North America, Central America),   🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)   Its 🪵 wood is extremely hard and 💪︎ tough, valued for making ♐︎ longbows, 🪓 tool handles and fenceposts.

Ostrya hosts caterpillars of 86 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

In its native area, recommended as a specimen tree. Planting info (SW Michigan). 

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