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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hamamelis virginiana   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hamamelis virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hamamelis virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Hamamelis virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-02-001:

Hamamelis virginiana   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Hamamelis virginiana var. parvifolia

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hamamelis virginiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Witch-hazel


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image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_401

        

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_havi4_001_lvd

        

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6068

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Terminal buds are naked, scurfy; most buds stalked, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    s050316_m

March    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm0404y_02

April    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Leaves are wavy-toothed and uneven at base, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).


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image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm140418_259

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Last year's calyx lobes.

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2822

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm160504_404

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Often mistaken for fruit capsules are these aphid galls with long spines, per Field Biology in Southeastern Ohio blog spot.

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm160504_409

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm140607_615

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Base of lateral veins included in leaf tissue (vs. marginal in Fothergilla), per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8335

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Fruit is a woody two-beaked capsule that matures in the fall one year after flowering, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm0308s_20

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_virginiana_c

August        

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm0410h_31

October    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

JK Marlow    jkm111008_935

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Flowers solitary or 2-3 per axil, often appearing after leaves fall, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_virginiana_6

October        

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

Richard Ware & Teresa Ware    rtw_h_virginiana_6b

October        

Calyx lobes 4, reflexed, adnate to ovary, adaxially yellow-green to yellow, per Flora of North America.

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

Steve Marlow    snm_102221_014witchhazel3

October    Jackson County    NC

Four yellow, thread-like, twisted petals about 1" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana, Northern Witch-hazel

Ron Lance    rwl637_a

November        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hamamelis virginiana   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hamamelis virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hamamelis virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Hamamelis virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 095-02-001:
Hamamelis virginiana   FAMILY Hamamelidaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Hamamelis virginiana var. parvifolia

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hamamelis virginiana

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dryish forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule

 

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