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american witch-hazel
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american witch-hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Hamamelis virginiana, known as common or American witch-hazel, is a species of witch-hazel native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota, and south to central Florida to eastern Texas.

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

american witch-hazel in The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.362

american witch-hazel in Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)

Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)

Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.90

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51970.