Musclewood
- Botanical Name
- Carpinus caroliniana
- Hardiness
- Zones 3b to 9
- Height
- 20 to 30 feet
- Width
- 20 to 30 feet
- Flowers
- April: female flowers are 4 inches long and attached to a 3 lobed bract, male flowers are catkins
- Fruit
- Small seed-like nutlet enclosed in by a 3-lobed bract, numerous nutlets held on a pendulous cluster
- Fall Color
- Yellow, orange, red and reddish-purple
- Light
- Sun to shade
- Soil
- Moist, rich
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap or container in spring
- Slow to establish
- Prefers shade
- Problems
- Does not transplant well, 2-line chestnut borer, dieback, canker
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