Hazel pollen - information for allergy sufferers

A pollen allergy is an uncomfortable body reaction. You can find more information about hazel pollen in this practical tip.

Hazel pollen - you should know that

After birch pollen, hazel pollen has the highest allergic potency.

• Depending on the temperature, hazelnuts bloom from an outside temperature of at least 5 ° C.
• Peak season is from mid-February to late March.
• Cross reactions often show hazel allergy sufferers with birch and alder pollen, as well as beeches.

How to recognize hazelnuts

Hazels (Corylus) are a genus of the birch family (Betulaceae).

• Hazels are deciduous, mostly single-stemmed trees or shrubs with a height of 3 to 15 meters.
• Their wood is very light, almost white to light brown and finely textured.
• The leaves are egg-shaped, the base is heart-shaped. The edges are double serrated.
• The flowers, the kittens and the hazel are arranged in a grape shape at the ends of short shoots.
• They were formed last year and hibernate nude.
• The species of the genus can be found in temperate latitudes in the northern hemisphere.

If you want to know more precisely when and where you are particularly at risk of pollen flying as an allergy sufferer, then you should take a closer look at our pollen flight map.