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Corylus
americana
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Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
American hazel, American filbert
Family:
Betulaceae (birch family)
Distribution:
e.-c. and e. North America
Habitat:
Moist to dry open woods and thickets, hillsides, roadsides, fencerows, and waste places; 0--750 m
IUCN Red list:
Least concern
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments:
A large, multistemmed, deciduous shrub which can grow to 18' tall and 10' wide. Top is rounded and base is leggy. Medium to fast growth rate. Flower is a yellowish brown catkin in March. A good plant for naturalizing and was a common prairie-edge shrub in Ohio. Thinning periodically improves appearance. Fall color is often brownish orange.
Links:
Flora of North America (eFloras.org)
•
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
•
The Plant List
•
USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture
Locations
1:
BCA: BP33
(BP33)
• Accession: D2001-0097.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
2:
BCA: BP33
(BP33)
• Accession: D2001-0097.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
3:
BCA: BP33
(BP33)
• Accession: D2001-0097.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
4:
BCA: BP33
(BP33)
• Accession: D2001-0097.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
5:
BCA: BP33
(BP33)
• Accession: D2001-0097.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
6:
DWD: AK03
(AK03)
• Accession: D0000-0174.001
7:
FLS: BR22
(BR22)
• Accession: D2016-0614.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
8:
FLS: BR22
(BR22)
• Accession: D2016-0614.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
9:
FLS: BR22
(BR22)
• Accession: D2016-0614.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
10:
FLS: BR22
(BR22)
• Accession: D2016-0614.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
11:
FLS: BR22
(BR22)
• Accession: D2016-0614.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
12:
MAG: CC14
(CC14)
• Accession: D1942-0023.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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• Accession: D2018-0479.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
14:
• Accession: D2018-0479.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
15:
• Accession: D2018-0479.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
16:
• Accession: D2018-0479.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
17:
• Accession: D2018-0479.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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