Corylus cornuta

Corylus cornuta
Corylus cornuta'
Beaked Hazel foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Corylus
Species: C. cornuta
Binomial name
Corylus cornuta
Marshall

Corylus cornuta (Beaked Hazel) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America, from southern Canada south to Georgia and California. It grows in dry woodlands and forest edges and can reach 48 m tall with stems 1025 cm thick with smooth gray bark. The leaves are rounded oval, coarsely double-toothed, 511 cm long and 38 cm broad, with hairy undersides. The flowers are catkins that form in the fall and pollinate in the following spring.

Corylus cornuta is named from its fruit, which is a nut enclosed in a husk with a tubular extension 24 cm long that resembles a beak. Tiny filaments protrude from the husk and may stick into, and irritate, skin that contacts them. The spherical nuts, which are surrounded by a hard shell, are edible.

There are two varieties:

  • Corylus cornuta var. cornuta - Eastern Beaked Hazel. Small shrub, to 4 m tall; 'beak' longer, 3 cm or more.
  • Corylus cornuta var. californica - Western Beaked Hazel or California Hazelnut. Large shrub, to 8 m tall; 'beak' shorter, usually less than 3 cm.

External Links

PLANTS Database (Plants.usda.gov): Beaked Hazel with pictures


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  • Corylus cornuta — raguotasis lazdynas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lazdyninių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Corylus cornuta), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Corylus cornuta; Corylus rostrata angl. beaked filbert; beaked hazel; beaked hazelnut… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Corylus cornuta — filbert fil bert, n. [Perh. fr. fill + bread, as filling the bread or husk; cf. G. bartnuss (lit., bread nut) filbert; or perh. named from a St.Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Corylus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Corylus cornuta subsp. californica — raguotojo lazdyno kaliforninis porūšis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lazdyninių šeimos raguotojo lazdyno porūšis (Corylus cornuta subsp. californica), vedantis valgomus riešutus. Paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Corylus… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Corylus cornuta var. californica — raguotojo lazdyno kaliforninis porūšis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lazdyninių šeimos raguotojo lazdyno porūšis (Corylus cornuta subsp. californica), vedantis valgomus riešutus. Paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Corylus… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Corylus cornuta — ID 21739 Symbol Key COCO6 Common Name beaked hazelnut Family Betulaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Corylus cornuta var. cornuta — ID 21744 Symbol Key COCOC2 Common Name beaked hazelnut Family Betulaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Corylus cornuta var. californica — ID 21740 Symbol Key COCOC Common Name California hazelnut Family Betulaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA, OR, WA Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Du …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Corylus cornuta — noun hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts • Syn: ↑beaked hazelnut • Hypernyms: ↑hazelnut, ↑hazel, ↑hazelnut tree …   Useful english dictionary

  • Corylus cornuta Marsh. var. cornuta — Symbol COCOC2 Common Name beaked hazelnut Botanical Family Betulaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Corylus cornuta Marsh. — Symbol COCO6 Common Name beaked hazelnut Botanical Family Betulaceae …   Scientific plant list

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