Corylus americana

Botanical Description

Corylus americana is an open, upright, deciduous shrub or small tree usually growing around 1 - 3 metres tall, occasionally reaching 4 metres. The plant is strongly rhizomatous and can produce suckers freely, often forming colonial thickets in the wild[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use of its edible seeds, which are very similar in flavour to the cultivated hazel and filbert nuts but somewhat smaller. The plant is also used as a medicine and as an ingredient in cosmetics. The plant has long been valued as an ornamental, where it can be grown as a hedge, and for planting in naturalized settings[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. Corylus americana has no known threats that will adversely affect it in the foreseeable future, though climate change will lead to changes in the plant's range. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2014)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Corylus americana is a weedy species, sometimes considered a pest and ruthlessly destroyed in carefully managed forests within its own range[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].