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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-02-001:
Corylus cornuta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
391
Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA, uncommon in SC Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in dry rocky woodlands, thickets, high elevation forests and openings, seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Perianth absent or small
4 stamens, each with two anthers, in staminate flowers
Inferior ovary
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 p328
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p055
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p087
- The Sibley Guide to Trees p170
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p280
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p114