''Carpinus turczaninovii'', the Turczaninow hornbeam or Korean hornbeam, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Betulaceae Betulaceae, the birch family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams numbering a total of 167 species. They are mostly natives of the t ...

, native to central China, the Korean Peninsula, and central and southern Japan. It is a large shrub or small tree typically tall and about 75% as wide, and is hardy to

USDA zone A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most wide ...

5b. It is available from commercial suppliers, and can handle very hard pruning.

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turczaninovii Plants used in bonsai Flora of North-Central China Flora of South-Central China Flora of Korea Flora of Japan Plants described in 1869 {{Fagales-stub