Subspecies

Corylus cornuta californica (California hazelnut)

Corylus cornuta californica. Photo: (c) Harsi Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Corylus cornuta, the beaked hazelnut, is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America, from southern Canada south to Georgia and California. It grows in dry woodlands and forest edges and can reach 4–8 metres (13–26 ft) tall with stems 10–25 centimetres (3.9–9.8 in) thick with smooth gray bark. The leaves are rounded oval, coarsely double-toothed, 5–11 centimetres (2.0–4.3 in) long and 3–8 centimetres (1.2–3.1 in) broad, with hairy undersides. The flowers are catkins that form in the…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Fagales (Beeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies)
        Family: Betulaceae (Birch family)
        Genus: Corylus (Hazels)
        Species: Corylus cornuta (Beaked hazelnut)
        Subspecies: Corylus cornuta californica (California hazelnut)

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