American Hazelnut
Corylus americana Walter - Birch family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 15.0 feet
Plant Type: Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Green
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Species depending on American Hazelnut: Acrobasis coryliella, Acrobasis normella, Anacampsis tristrigella, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Automeris io io, Bucculatrix callistricha, Bucculatrix fugitans, Cameraria corylisella, Ectoedemia quadrinotata, Ectoedemia virgulae, Epinotia walkerana, Halysidota tessellaris, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Menesta tortriciformella, Nites grotella, Orgyia antiqua, Orgyia leucostigma, Phyllonorycter intermixta, Plagodis pulveraria, Schizura unicornis
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.