Scientific Name:	Hamamelis virginiana
Pronunciation:	ham-uh-MEE-liss vur-jin-ee-AY-nuh
Common Name:	American witch hazel
Family Name:	Hamamelidaceae
Plant Type:	Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves oval to obovate, margins way to toothed, up to 15 cm long; flowers in the fall on woody twigs, four ribbon-like petals.
Course(s):	CLT Training

Habit: Upright Form: Vase Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 3 - 5m Spread: 3 - 4m Origin: Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, Dark-green Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Obovate Apices: Rounded Bases: Oblique (uneven) Margins: Crenate

Inflorescence Type: Flower Morphology: Colour (petals): Yellow Flower Time at Peak: Oct, Nov Additional Info: Source of image: http://www.forestryimages.org/images/3072x2048/1342081.jpg

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: May, Jun Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, Persistent

Bark Morphology: Prominent lenticels, Lightly fissured Bark or Stem Colour: Grey, Brown

Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant

Location(s): (TFL) Turf Field Lab Location Map

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