Ostrya virginiana (
American hophornbeam), is a species of
Ostrya native to eastern
North America, from
Nova Scotia west to southern
Manitoba and eastern
Wyoming, southeast to northern
Florida and southwest to eastern
Texas. Populations from
Mexico and
Central America are also regarded as the same species, although some authors prefer to separate them as a distinct species,
Ostrya guatemalensis. Other names include
eastern hophornbeam,
hardhack (in New England),
ironwood, and
leverwood.