Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 054-02-001:
Corylus cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
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.
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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.
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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.
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.