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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Beaked Hazelnut at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Corylus cornuta ssp. cornuta
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-02-001:
Corylus cornuta FAMILY Betulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corylus cornuta
COMMON NAME:
Beaked Hazelnut
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JK Marlow jkm120310_218
March Spartanburg County SC
Male catkins sessile and dangling, on 1-year-old lateral twigs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120310_220
March Spartanburg County SC
Pistillate flowers in an ovoid bud, each flower with 2 exserted red stigmas, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm150509_977
May Dawson County GA
Dawson Forest WMA
Fruit subtended and surrounded by soft bristly involucre of foliaceous bracts, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120727_960
July Spartanburg County SC
Leaves soft-hairy beneath, doubly-serrate, base heart-shaped or rounded, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Hazel Alder, Hazelnut, Witch Hazel and Witch-alder
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Dan Whitten sdw_beakedhazelnut2
July NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm080924_104
September Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Dan Whitten sdw_beakedhazelnut
November
Fruit husk drawn out into an elongate beak and covered by short stiff hairs, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Corylus cornuta ssp. cornuta
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-02-001:
Corylus cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corylus cornuta
391
Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Dry rocky woodlands, thickets, high elevation forests and openings, seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains, rare in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent or small
4 stamens, each with two anthers, in staminate flowers
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
Staminate flowers in catkins
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nut
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p328
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p095
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p055
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p087
- The Sibley Guide to Trees (Sibley, 2009) p170
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p280
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p114
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