European hornbeam

Identification details

Field identification guide for European hornbeam, with diagnostic views of the whole tree, bark, leaves, twigs, crown and litter.

Associated mushrooms

• Horn of plenty
• Wood hedgehog
• Caesar's mushroom
• Bronze bolete
• Summer bolete
• Oyster mushroom
• Lion's mane

Associated habitats

• Broadleaf deadwood, stump and fallen or dying trunk
• Sunny glade with old oaks
• Warm oak-chestnut edge
• Mixed forest edge
• Grassy woodland edge, hedgerow and bank
• Wet stand of conifers
• Wet shady ravine
• Mature hardwood forest floor
• Veteran hardwood, wounded trunk and root base