Favorite nut trees? (besides oaks)

[CedarSwamp]

We'll keep planting oaks and apples, but wondering what ur favorite nut trees for deer are in Northern areas? We are Zone 4.

I see a lot on Dunstan Chestnuts, but it think we are right near that line where they won't survive the winters.

Thanks!

 

[bueller]

It's a shrub rather than a tree but I'm a big fan of hazelnut. It's one of the few species that thrive on my dry sand. Creates excellent cover down at deer level and provides a food source for them at the same time. Lots of bedding occurs around the clumps of hazelnuts I have growing in my small clearings/meadows.

 

[H20fwler]

I like the chestnuts I've got Dunstan's and Chinese, the Dunstan's seem way touchier for me to get established than the Chinese.
I also really like the hazelnut, very easy to get growing and deer browsing on them seems to make them grow faster and thicker, everything in the woods eats the nuts right up they don't last long.

 

[CedarSwamp]

I have a sandy area near a pond that I could plant some Hazelnuts. I see American Hazelnut and Beaked Hazelnut are native to my area.

Hazelbert looks interesting too. Not sure if anyone has any experience with Hazelbert?

 

[CedarSwamp]

Thanks for the replies! I appreciate the input!

 

[TreeDaddy]

Favorite nut tree?

.......Any that produce......

bill