| Scientific Name: | Hamamelis virginiana |
| Common Name: | American witch hazel |
| Family Name: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Crenate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Yellow, Oct-Nov |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, May-Jun, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most obovate, 10-15cm long x 6-9cm wide; bases uneven, margins wavy to crenate; flowers with four ribbon-like petals, Oct.-Nov; capsules woody, about 12mm long. Winter ID: persistent fruit; buds felty, flattened, stalked, 4-6mm long, scale like a folded brown leaf; leaf scar half-round to 3-lobed, some with 3 bundle scars visible; flower buds small, round, in tight clusters. | |