Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about American Hazelnut at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corylus americana
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corylus americana
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-02-002:
Corylus americana
FAMILY
Betulaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Hazelnut, American Filbert
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JK Marlow jkm110219_679
February Spartanburg County SC
Catkin buds distinctly stalked, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3943
August Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Petioles pubescent and glandular pubescent, 0.2-1.8cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3945
August Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Young twigs and petioles stipitate-glandular (vs. C. cornuta's glandless), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Will Stuart wil_camericana_0924_446b
September Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fruits enclosed in thin, flattened, hairy, ragged-edged husks, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
JK Marlow jkm0511b_11
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
A tall clump-forming shrub of rich woods, most common in bottomlands, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
JK Marlow jkm131103_160
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Fruit.
JK Marlow jkm131103_165
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
JK Marlow s051106_g
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves doubly-toothed, heart-shaped at base, and hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
COMPARE
leaves of Hazel Alder, Hazelnut, Witch Hazel and Witch-alder