Native to Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; extinct in Sicilia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County (Jamaica Plain)
42.307464, -71.120796
Location Remarks
125 Arbor Way, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Georgia
42.6625, 44.619722
Location Remarks
Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Carpinus
Specific Epithet
orientalis
Authorship
Mill.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#254,081 of 335,497
Top 76%
Extinction probability
5%