Hamamelis virginiana

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Hamamelis virginiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Hamamelidales
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Genus: Hamamelis
Species: H. virginiana
Binomial name
Hamamelis virginiana
Linnaeus
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Natural range of Hamamelis virginiana from USDA NRCS [1].

Common name: American witchhazel, northern witch-hazel, small-leaved witch-hazel

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Hamamelis virginiana var. henryi Jenne ex C. Lane[1]

Varieties: Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus var. henryae Jenne ex. C. Lane; H. virginiana Linnaeus var. virginiana; H. virginiana var. parvifolia Nuttall[1]

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

H. virginiana occurs in natural communities such as pine-hardwood forests, second growth deciduous woodlands, mixed deciduous woodlands, hardwood hammocks, longleaf pine-wiregrass ridges, and along evergreen shrub-tree bays. It has been found growing as an understory tree on wooded slopes, along streamlets and rivers, in swamps, drainage areas, and roadsides. H. virginiana can grow in shaded, well-drained, mesic conditions in calcareous sandy soil, sandy loam, or loam.[2]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, Patricia Elliot, O. M. Freeman, A. Gholson Jr., J. P. Gillespie, Robert K. Godfrey, R. D. Houk, H. Kurz, S. W. Leonard, and Lovett Williams Jr. States and counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, and Wakulla.