Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta): Bundle of 10

Description

Bundle of 10

At a Glance: Beaked Hazelnut is a large, many-stemmed, deciduous shrub with twigs, leaves and bud scales covered in long white hairs when young, hairless after first season. Densely clumped or spreading widely by suckers they like well-drained sites in open forest, shady openings, thickets, clearings, rocky slopes and streamside habitats.

Leaves: Alternate, elliptic to oval, commonly with heart-shaped base and sharp-pointed tip. Doubly saw-toothed, paler below than above they turn yellow in fall.

Flowers: Male flowers in catkins, flower before the appearance of leaves in the spring. Female catkins are very small, with protruding red stigmas.

Fruit: Spherical, edible nuts are enclosed in tubular husks. Husks are light-green, covered with stiff prickly hairs and projecting beyond the nut in a beak. They form in clusters of 2 or 3 at ends of branches.

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References:

MacKinnon, A., Pojar, J., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Richmond, Wash: Lone Pine Publishing.