Loose-flowered hornbeam with the scientific name carpinus laxiflora is a deciduous tree in the genus carpinus of the betulaceae family.
The leaves are alternately elliptic, and the young leaves are red in color, so that the entire tree appears reddish when buds appear.
The branches are slightly slender and the leaves are the smallest in the genus carpinus, with elongated, protruding ends.
The bark of young trees is dark grayish white and smooth, but as it ages it cracks in longitudinal stripes.
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