| Scientific Name: | Carpinus fangiana |
| Common Name: | Fang's hornbeam, monkey tail hornbeam |
| Family Name: | Betulaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Double serrate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Brown, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Nut, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 6-12cm long and 6-8cm wide, margins finely doubly serrate, apex acuminate, base cordate; female catkins papery, 20-50cm long. Winter ID: twigs rounded, reddish-brown with prominent tan coloured lenticels; buds conical but not as long as other hornbeams, persistent brown female catkin bracts. | |