American Hazelnut
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana) typically grows to heights of 2.5 to 5 meters (8 to 16 feet) and has a crown spread of 3 to 4.5 meters (10 to 15 feet). This medium to large shrub can sometimes resemble a small tree and usually has multiple stems with long branches that create a dense spherical shape. It propagates by producing suckers from underground rhizomes located 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) below the ground.
Blooms occur from early to mid-spring, featuring hanging male catkins that are 4 to 8 cm (1.5 to 3.25 inches) long, and clusters of 2–5 small female flowers surrounded by protective bracts, with their red styles visible at the tips. The male catkins grow in fall and stay through winter. Each male flower on a catkin contains bracts and four stamens.
American hazelnut produces edible nuts that ripen between July and October. Each nut is encased in two leaf-like bracts with irregular edges.
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana) typically grows to heights of 2.5 to 5 meters (8 to 16 feet) and has a crown spread of 3 to 4.5 meters (10 to 15 feet). This medium to large shrub can sometimes resemble a small tree and usually has multiple stems with long branches that create a dense spherical shape. It propagates by producing suckers from underground rhizomes located 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) below the ground.
Blooms occur from early to mid-spring, featuring hanging male catkins that are 4 to 8 cm (1.5 to 3.25 inches) long, and clusters of 2–5 small female flowers surrounded by protective bracts, with their red styles visible at the tips. The male catkins grow in fall and stay through winter. Each male flower on a catkin contains bracts and four stamens.
American hazelnut produces edible nuts that ripen between July and October. Each nut is encased in two leaf-like bracts with irregular edges.
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana) typically grows to heights of 2.5 to 5 meters (8 to 16 feet) and has a crown spread of 3 to 4.5 meters (10 to 15 feet). This medium to large shrub can sometimes resemble a small tree and usually has multiple stems with long branches that create a dense spherical shape. It propagates by producing suckers from underground rhizomes located 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) below the ground.
Blooms occur from early to mid-spring, featuring hanging male catkins that are 4 to 8 cm (1.5 to 3.25 inches) long, and clusters of 2–5 small female flowers surrounded by protective bracts, with their red styles visible at the tips. The male catkins grow in fall and stay through winter. Each male flower on a catkin contains bracts and four stamens.
American hazelnut produces edible nuts that ripen between July and October. Each nut is encased in two leaf-like bracts with irregular edges.