Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Betulaceae
| FIA distributions (1171 counties) quartiles: | min | 1st | mean | median | 3rd | max | rank |
| Diameter, cm (5555 plots) | 0.3 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 52.1 | 75 |
| Growth Rate, cm2/yr (640 plots) | 0.1 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 8.8 | 36.2 | 77 |
| Annual Temperature, °C | 2.2 | 9.7 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 16.7 | 21.9 | 30 |
| January Temperature, °C | -16.6 | -3.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 15.6 | 30 |
| Precipitation, mm | 585 | 1020 | 1160 | 1160 | 1310 | 1780 | 33 |
| Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month | 12.6 | 51.5 | 63.7 | 65.2 | 75.8 | 104.0 | 42 |
| Maximum Elevation, m | 5 | 154 | 361 | 290 | 452 | 2000 | 51 |
| Slope, percent | 0.0 | 3.8 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 51.0 | 34 |
| pH | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 49 |
| Permeability, cm/hr | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 12.3 | 28 |
| Organic Matter, percent | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 46.2 | 42 |
| Clay, percent | 2.5 | 17.2 | 21.9 | 22.4 | 27.3 | 52.0 | 56 |
| Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm | 3.4 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 16.1 | 47 |