Witch hazel Tree Information

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Witch hazel grows in the following 33 states and provinces:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

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as well ashe Hamamelis Virginiana is commonly known as the Witch-hazel.

The currently accepted scientific name for witch-hazel is Hamamelis virginiana L. . Two varieties are recognized: the typical variety, Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana and the "prairie peninsula" variety, Hamamelis virginiana var. parvifolia Nutt.

Witch-hazel occurs throughout the northeastern and southeastern United States.  It extends from the Appalachian Mountains south to the northern Florida Panhandle and west from the mountains into Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, western Kentucky, eastern Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas.  At its northern limit, witch-hazel ranges along the southern border of Canada from southern Ontario to southern Nova Scotia .

Some of the information provided here is attributed to:Coladonato, Milo. 1993. Hamamelis virginiana. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). , available at the USDA Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) website