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.
Growing Conditions:
| Sun/Shade Tolerance | Hydrology | Elevation Range |
| Part sun/shade 40%-60%
Shade 20%-40% |
Moist
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Low elevations
Mid elevations
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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.
