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Tag Alder, Hazel Alder, Smooth Alder
Alnus serrulata
Look for it in streambanks, bogs, wet thickets
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Leaves straight-veined, petiolate; apex acute or rounded; base widely cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Beaked Hazelnut
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
Look for it in dry rocky woodlands, thickets, high elevation forests and openings, seepage swamps
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Leaves soft-hairy beneath, doubly-serrate, base heart-shaped or rounded, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
American Hazelnut, American Filbert
Corylus americana
Look for it in rocky woodlands, mesic to rich forests & thickets
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Leaves doubly-toothed, heart-shaped at base, and hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
American Witch-hazel, Northern Witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
Look for it in moist to dryish forests
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Leaves are wavy-toothed and uneven at base, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Base of lateral veins included in leaf tissue (vs. marginal in Fothergilla), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Coastal Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Small Witch-alder, Fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii
Look for it in wet savannas, pocosins, & pocosin margins
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Leaves up to 6cm long and 5cm wide (the largest < 5.2cm wide), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Leaves stellate-pubescent above (vs. F. major being sparsely so or glabrous), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Leaves reminiscent of the closely related small tree, Witch Hazel, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Base of lateral veins marginal (vs. included in leaf tissue in Hamamelis), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla
Fothergilla major
Look for it in dry ridgetop forests of middle elevation ridges in the mountains, esp along the Blue Ridge Escarpment, summits & upper slopes of Piedmont monadnocks, north-facing bluffs in lower Piedmont
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Lf lobed or coarsely toothed near tip, or entire; base rounded or ~ cordate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.