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Family: Hamamelidaceae
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
October - December
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
October - November (of the following year)
This understory shrub seems to be the last one to bloom in the forest, with its yellow flowers standing out clearly against all the dead leaves. The blossoms have a beautiful faint slightly sweet scent and are pollinated by a moth.
Witch Hazel has a number of medicinal uses, best known of which is an extract used as an astringent. Forked twigs have also been used traditionally as divining rods.
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11 November 2013
Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park, VA 
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11 November 2013
Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park, VA 
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25 October 2014
Eleanor C. Lawrence Park, Centreville, VA 
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17 November 2017
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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4 November 2018
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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