The Earthwatch Urban Forest Program aims to increase awareness of the value of urban forests by engaging people in the collection of scientific data that will contribute to local authority environmental management plans and scientific research.
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Plants in the genus Carpinus (Cár-pi-nus) are commonly called Hornbeams. They are relatively small hardwood trees. Many botanists place the hornbeams in the birch family Betulaceae, though some group them with the hazels (Corylus) and hop-hornbeams (Ostrya) in a segregate family, Corylaceae. The 30-40 species occur across much of the north ...more ↓