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The wood of hornbeams is very hard,
giving rise to the name ironwood and not used much due to
the difficulty of working it. Its hardness has however lent
it to use for carving boards, tool handles, coach wheels and
other situations where a very tough, hard wood is required.
Hornbeams are used as food plants by the larvae of some
Lepidoptera species including Autumnal Moth, Common Emerald,
Feathered Thorn, Svensson's Copper Underwing and Winter Moth
(recorded on European Hornbeam) as well as the Coleophora
case-bearers C. currucipennella and C. ostryae. |
