American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Edible nuts in fringed husks; among the earliest spring catkins. Suckers into thickets — useful hedgerow plant.
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–16 ft
- Spacing
- 8–13 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, pollinators, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~131 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV