Corylus cornuta  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Corylus cornuta' Corylus cornuta.jpg Beaked Hazel foliage
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked):
Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order:
Fagales Family: Betulaceae Genus: Corylus Species: C. cornuta
Binomial name Corylus cornuta Corylus cornuta range map 2.png
Natural range of Corylus cornuta  Corylus cornuta (Beaked Hazel)
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 fall and pollinate in the
following spring.  Corylus cornuta is named from its fruit