Adress
Promenade verte / Bosstraat, Groene Wandeling
Woluwé-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts- Woluwe
GPS coordinates :
50.8352
, 4.4382
Scientific inventory
Identity
Category :
Arbre remarquable
Latin name :
Carpinus betulus
French name :
Charme Commun
Dutch name :
Gewone haagbeuk
English name :
Common / European hornbeam
Family :
Betulaceae
Height :
15 m
Targeted height :
This species can grow up to 25 m
Diameter of the crown :
15 m
Trunk circumference :
188 cm
Expected circumference :
500 cm
Expected longevity :
Can live for 150 years
Origin / Indigenous
Native to Belgium
Favorite soil :
Neutral, quite rich, clayish and cool
Favorite climate
Temperate, continental, resistant to cold
Usefulness and services of the tree :
Enhances the landscape :
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Enhances the biodiversity :
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Provide oxygen :
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Purify the air :
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Filter the water :
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Prevents flooding :
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Stores carbon :
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Softens the climate :
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Limits soil erosion :
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Does good, heals :
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Illustrated botany © Wikimedia Commons
Features and characters of the individual
This tree grows inconspicuously next to another hornbeam in a wooded area crossed by the Promenade Verte (the Green Promenade) in the Woluwe-Saint-Lambert area. Walkers are more likely to notice this pair of trees in the autumn when their foliage turns yellow. Their bark, roots and trunks look almost like they have been sculpted.
