Hazelnut Corylus Americana By Tucker Tiedemann and Daniel

Hazelnut (Corylus Americana) By Tucker Tiedemann and Daniel Lassila

Growth It grows best on rich, moist, well-drained soils but often may be found close to streamside’s and also grows on prairies. Best grows in full sun, but can tolerate partial sun or some shade.

Features The Hazelnut can grow up to 8 -12 feet, with the crown being 10 feet In the fall the leaves turn Light red, orange, and green Spring Fall Summer

Animals There a few animals that like to eat off or look at the American Hazelnut are squirrels, foxes, deer, northern bobwhite, ruffed grouse, turkey, woodpeckers, pheasants, and deer. The leaves, twigs, and catkins are browsed by rabbits, deer, and moose.

Pests and diseases of the hazelnut: One of the biggest threats to hazelnuts in North America is the eastern filbert blight. It will kill off your trees unless you spray regularly. Although there are several varieties of tree that have been bred with resistance.

Seeds A nut houses one or two seeds, wrapped in a hard outer layer that doesn't open on its own. The seed is not attached to the shell wall. The weight of a nut makes it very uncommon for wind to play any part in seed dispersal. The wind does help ripened nuts to fall to the ground. To a lesser extent, water disperses nuts away from the plant. This occurs during flooding. Fast moving flood waters carry nuts to a new area.

Reproduction The Hazelnut requires a second planting of a different variety for cross pollination in order to produce a nut crop. You will need to plant two shrubs, preferably from different sources, in order to produce hazelnuts.

THANKS FOR WATCHING Bibliography http: //plants. usda. gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_coa m 3. pdf http: //www. localharvest. org/american-hazelnut -corylus-americana-C 18324 http: //www. arborday. org/treeguide/Tree. Detail. cfm? ID=106 http: //www. arborday. org/shopping/trees/treed etail. cfm? ID=106