Corylus americana
Plant Expert:
Michael Dirr Corylus americana
Michael Dirr
Corylus americana
Corylus americana (click for large image)
American Filbert
Common Names:
  • American Filbert
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Origin:

  New England to Saskatchewan and south to Florida  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Partial/Full sun.
Moderate climate.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 4 to Zone 9

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 10' to 20'.
Dirr says: "Listed as 8 to 10' by many authorities but usually grows larger, 15 to 18'. Spread approximately 2/3's the height. Strongly multi-stemmed shrub forming a rounded top with a leggy or open base, often with wide-spreading rather straight stems branched toward their extremities."

Flowers:

  Color(s): Brown
Season(s): Winter
 

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer and yellow, red and green in the fall.
 

Fruit:

  Color: Black
Season(s): Fall
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a grouping plant.

Dirr says: "The American Hazel is best reserved for naturalizing and other nonformal areas; the European Filbert and especially the cultivars might lend themselves to selected landscape situations; the species are too large for contemporary landscapes"

Other:

   
Corylus americana is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAlsip, IL
American Canyon, CAAngwin, CAAntioch, CA
Baltimore, MDBayside, NYBronx, NY
Brooklyn, NYBrownsville, TXCanton, MI
Chicago, ILCicero, ILCollege Point, NY
Conneaut, OHCorona, NYDanville, CA
Detroit, MIDorset, OHEast Claridon, OH
East Elmhurst, NYEcorse, MIElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEssex, CA
Evergreen Park, ILFawnskin, CAFerndale, MI
Florence, SCFlushing, NYFontana, CA
Forest Falls, CAForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHunt Valley, MD
Jackson Heights, NYLeasburg, NCLexington, NC
Liberty, NCLinwood, NCLittle Neck, NY
Ludlow, CAMacomb, MIMarysville, MI
Maspeth, NYMemphis, MIMercedes, TX
Middle Village, NYMission, TXModesto, CA
Moreno Valley, CAMorgantown, WVMount Clemens, MI
New Baltimore, MINew Haven, MINew York, NY
Newport News, VANorth Ridgeville, OHNorth Street, MI
Oakland Gardens, NYOlmito, TXPenitas, TX
Pharr, TXPhelan, CAPhiladelphia, PA
Pikesville, MDPinon Hills, CAPort Isabel, TX
Progreso, TXRedlands, CARego Park, NY
Rialto, CARidgewood, NYRimforest, CA
Riverdale, ILSaratoga, CASoquel, CA
Sparrows Point, MDStaten Island, NYTaylor, MI
Temperance, MITemple City, CATowson, MD
Trenton, MITres Pinos, CAUpland, CA
Virginia Beach, VAWalnut, CAWatsonville, CA
Wayne, MIWestland, MIWhitestone, NY
Whitmore Lake, MI
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