Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood) Wet Prairie & Sedge Meadow Warrior Plants and normal to dry soil

and normal to dry soil conditions

With visitors from many different types of pollinators from bees to hummingbirds

Very similar in it's look and habit to White Wild Indigo

Second Photo By: Midwest Groundcovers

to produce more than one-third of our food products

Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood) Wet Prairie & Sedge Meadow Warrior Plants and normal to dry soilOstrya virginiana (Ironwood) is a native understory tree typically found on dry rocky slopes of our oak woodlands. It can be used extremely well in shade and woodland gardens for that sub canopy naturalized texture. It can also perform well as mid level visual screens. This tree gets its common name from the extremely hard and dense wood. Another common name, Eastern Hop Hornbeam comes from it's hop like seed pods. Sun Exposure Prairie Savanna Soil