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American Hazelnut
American Hazelnut
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American Hazelnut (Corylus americana) is a deciduous shrub native to eastern North America. It produces edible nuts inside distinctive bristly husks that ripen from late summer into early fall. The nuts are also an important food for wildlife.
Indigenous peoples and early settlers ate the nuts whole or ground them into meal. Our seedlings come from nuts collected around the nursery, where gathering them before the squirrels is always a race.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3Oak Summit nursery rating
- Mature size
- 3 to 5 m tall and wide
- Site and soil
- Full sun to partial shade in moist, well-drained soil. Sun improves nut production; allow space for a suckering shrub.Species reference; local conditions can vary
- Distinctive traits
- Edible nuts are enclosed in conspicuous leafy husks. The multistemmed shrub produces suckers and can form a thicket.Species reference; local conditions can vary
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada