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§1 Plant

Corylus americana Walter

vernacular American hazelnut — species · Betulaceae


USDA
COAM3
GBIF
2876060
Rank
species
American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
Platephotograph · peggyoCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Betulaceae Gray
Genus
Corylus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 554 counties across 19 states/territories
Legend Native · 554 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
32–60 in/yr
pH range
5–7
Root depth
20 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
10 ft
Height @ 20 y
10 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
491
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 554 counties across 19 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 15 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 46 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 25 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 109 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N
Maine view state ↗ 9 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N
New York view state ↗ 36 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 49 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N
Virginia view state ↗ 85 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 47 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/COAM3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2876060 ↗

Record version

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