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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta   FAMILY Betulaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Corylus cornuta var. cornuta, Beaked Hazelnut

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).

image of Corylus cornuta var. cornuta, Beaked Hazelnut

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).

image of Corylus cornuta var. cornuta, Beaked Hazelnut

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.

image of Corylus cornuta var. cornuta, Beaked Hazelnut

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).


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image of Corylus cornuta var. cornuta, Beaked Hazelnut

Dan Whitten    sdw_beakedhazelnut2

July        NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Corylus cornuta var. cornuta, Beaked Hazelnut

JK Marlow    jkm080924_104

September    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Corylus cornuta var. cornuta, Beaked Hazelnut

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

 

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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)

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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

 

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