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Carpinus betulas (Hornbeam)
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Hornbeam can grow on a variety of soils, and is chiefly associated with oaks on moist, silty sands or sandy clays (Tansley, 1939). It avoids thin chalk soils, probably due to them being too dry (Godwin, 1965).


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