ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the information on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecol-ogy, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors of Siberian Filbert. Reported from the China-Japan and Eurosiberian Centers of Diversity, Siberian filbert, or cvs thereof, is reported to tolerate frost, low pH, and slope. Several botanical varieties are known, and some are cultivated in northern Asia. Modest requirements greatly facilitate cultivation. Propagated from seed, usually distributed naturally in the forest, and by suckers. The most elementary care of wild stands results in considerable improvement in yield and quality of nuts. Native to eastern Siberia, eastern Mongolia, Manchuria, northern China (Tschili), Ussuri, Amur, Korea; introduced and cultivated in Japan and France; probably elsewhere. Ranging from Cool Temperate to Moist through Warm Temperate Dry to Moist Forest Life Zones, Siberian filbert is reported to tolerate annual precipitation of 12.0 to 14.7 dm, annual temperature of 14.8 to 14.8°C, and pH of 5.3 to 5.5.
