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Corylus americana Walter American hazel; American hazelnut

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Higher taxa:  Life   Plantae   Dicotyledoneae   Betulaceae   Corylus   Global map IDnature guides: Dicotyledoneae, Plants_Chicago, Plants_Georgia_Clarke, POPA_USGA, Trees Missouri Botanical Garden We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Plants Database, United States Department of Agriculture Duke University Virginia Tech Dendrology UCONN Plants Database, United States Department of Agriculture

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Name Search name search type enter a search name Scientific Name Common Name Symbol State Search Advanced Search Search Help   Alternative Crops Characteristics Classification Culturally Significant Distribution Update Fact Sheets & Plant Guides Invasive and Noxious Weeds Links Plant Materials Publications Threatened & Endangered Wetland Indicator Status     40,000+ Plant Images Submit Your Digital Images     Complete PLANTS Checklist State PLANTS Checklist Advanced Search Download Symbols for Unknown Plants NRCS State GSAT Lists NRCS State Plants Lists PLANTS Posters     Crop Nutrient Tool Ecological Site Information System PLANTS Identification Keys Plant Materials Web Site Other NRCS Tech Resources VegSpec     You are here: Home / PLANTS Profile Printer-Friendly / Plug-Ins PLANTS Profile   Corylus americana Walter American hazelnut         Symbol:   COAM3   Group:   Dicot   Family:   Betulaceae   Duration:   Perennial   Growth Habit:   Shrub   Native Status:   L48    N CAN    N Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file. Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory . United States, MD, Takoma Park. Usage Requirements .   More Information: Characteristics Classification Plant Guide (pdf) (doc) Data Source and Documentation   Images: Corylus americana Walter Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Corylus thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery   Synonyms: Corylus americana Walter   COAMI Corylus americana Walter var. indehiscens Palmer & Steyerm.   Distribution: Corylus americana Walter View Native Status See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below: USA ( AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD, ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , ND , NE , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , SD , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV ), CAN (MB, ON, QC)   Related Taxa: Corylus americana Walter View 6 genera in Betulaceae , 7 species in Corylus   Classification: Corylus americana Walter Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.     Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Hamamelididae Order Fagales Family Betulaceae – Birch family Genus Corylus L. – hazelnut Species Corylus americana Walter – American hazelnut   Wetland Indicator Status: Corylus americana Walter Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H UPL,FACU FACU- FACU FACU- UPL UPL NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status   More Accounts and Images: Corylus americana Walter View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA). View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19506. View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening. View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN). View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn). View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium. View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.   Related Web Sites: Corylus americana Walter CT-University of Connecticut Plant Database IA-UI Plants MO-Kemper Center for Home Gardening (MoBotGard) Natural History of the North Woods OR-Oregon State University Landscape Plants UK-Plants For A Future USDI FWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program VA-Trees VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology WI-Shrubs of Wisconsin (Univ. of Wisconsin Green Bay Herbarium) WI-University of Wisconsin Freckmann Herbarium     Time Generated: 02/09/2010 06:23 PM MST   PLANTS Home | USDA.gov | NRCS | Site Map | Policies and Links Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Statement

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American Hazelnut (Corylus americana) Plantae>Magnoliophyta>Magnoliopsida>Fagales>Betulaceae>Corylus americana Walter This uncommon large shrub of woodlands is found throughout North Carolina except in the lower Coastal Plain. The edible nuts, also called filberts, ripen in late fall. Durham Co., NC 7/4/03. American Hazelnut has relatively flat, fringed involucral bracts (surrounding the nut) and stipitate-glandular petioles and twigs. The similar Beaked Hazelnut (C. cornuta) has a long, tubular beak surrounding the nut and villous (finely soft-hairy) perioles and young twigs. Carroll Co., VA 7/27/03. Long catkins (male flower clusters) appear in early spring. Durham Co., NC 3/1/08. Catkins. Durham Co., NC 3/1/08. The reddish female flowers are much less conspicuous. Durham Co., NC 3/1/08. Bark detail of a medium-sized shrub. Durham Co., NC 3/1/08. More information: Natural History of the Northwoods University of Connecticut Virginia Tech Dendrology back Revised 3/16/08 cwcook@duke.edu All photographs and text ©2008 by Will Cook unless otherwise indicated.

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Habitat native to New England down through Florida zone 4 Habit and Form a deciduous shrub multistemmed leggy, wide-spreading form 8' to 15' tall spread is slightly greater than the height fast growth rate coarse texture Summer Foliage alternate leaf arrangement simple, deciduous leaves 3" to 6" long 1.5" to 2.5" wide heart-shaped leaf base serrated leaf base pubescent dark green leaf color Autumn Foliage copper-red fall color Flowers male catkins, 1.5" to 3" long showy yellowish brown flowers early spring Fruit 0.5" long nut enclosed in involucre matures in September edible Bark young branches pubescent brown Culture transplant from container prefers well-drained, loamy soil full sun to partial shade prune anytime Landscape Use for naturalized areas for fruit for difficult, dry sites as a barrier for naturalistic areas Liabilities suckers blight leaf spot caterpillars ID Features alternate leaf arrangement pubescent leaves suckering habit nut with an involucre covering large male catkins in spring pubescent young stems Propagation by seed by cuttings Cultivars/Varieties none Corylus americana American Filbert Betulaceae

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Name Search name search type enter a search name Scientific Name Common Name Symbol State Search Advanced Search Search Help   Alternative Crops Characteristics Classification Culturally Significant Distribution Update Fact Sheets & Plant Guides Invasive and Noxious Weeds Links Plant Materials Publications Threatened & Endangered Wetland Indicator Status     40,000+ Plant Images Submit Your Digital Images     Complete PLANTS Checklist State PLANTS Checklist Advanced Search Download Symbols for Unknown Plants NRCS State GSAT Lists NRCS State Plants Lists PLANTS Posters     Crop Nutrient Tool Ecological Site Information System PLANTS Identification Keys Plant Materials Web Site Other NRCS Tech Resources VegSpec     You are here: Home / PLANTS Profile Printer-Friendly / Plug-Ins PLANTS Profile   Corylus americana Walter American hazelnut         Symbol:   COAM3   Group:   Dicot   Family:   Betulaceae   Duration:   Perennial   Growth Habit:   Shrub   Native Status:   L48    N CAN    N Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file. Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory . United States, MD, Takoma Park. Usage Requirements .   More Information: Characteristics Classification Plant Guide (pdf) (doc) Data Source and Documentation   Images: Corylus americana Walter Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Corylus thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery   Synonyms: Corylus americana Walter   COAMI Corylus americana Walter var. indehiscens Palmer & Steyerm.   Distribution: Corylus americana Walter View Native Status See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below: USA ( AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD, ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , ND , NE , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , SD , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV ), CAN (MB, ON, QC)   Related Taxa: Corylus americana Walter View 6 genera in Betulaceae , 7 species in Corylus   Classification: Corylus americana Walter Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.     Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Hamamelididae Order Fagales Family Betulaceae – Birch family Genus Corylus L. – hazelnut Species Corylus americana Walter – American hazelnut   Wetland Indicator Status: Corylus americana Walter Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H UPL,FACU FACU- FACU FACU- UPL UPL NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status   More Accounts and Images: Corylus americana Walter View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA). View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19506. View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening. View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN). View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn). View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium. View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.   Related Web Sites: Corylus americana Walter CT-University of Connecticut Plant Database IA-UI Plants MO-Kemper Center for Home Gardening (MoBotGard) Natural History of the North Woods OR-Oregon State University Landscape Plants UK-Plants For A Future USDI FWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program VA-Trees VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology WI-Shrubs of Wisconsin (Univ. of Wisconsin Green Bay Herbarium) WI-University of Wisconsin Freckmann Herbarium     Time Generated: 02/09/2010 06:23 PM MST   PLANTS Home | USDA.gov | NRCS | Site Map | Policies and Links Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Statement