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Corylus cornuta var. californica – Western beaked hazel or California hazelnut. Large shrub, 4 to 15 m (13 to 49 ft) tall; [ 7 ] 'beak' shorter, usually less than 3 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in). Occurs below 2,100 m (6,900 ft) in California , and below 800 m (2,600 ft) in British Columbia .
Corylus avellana, the common hazel, is a species of flowering plant in the birch family Betulaceae. The shrubs usually grow 3–8 metres (10–26 feet) tall. The nut is round, in contrast to the longer filbert nut. Common hazel is native to Europe and Western Asia. The species is mainly cultivated for its nuts.
Corylus americana – American hazel, eastern North America; Corylus avellana – Common hazel, Europe and western Asia; Corylus heterophylla – Asian hazel, Asia; Corylus yunnanensis – Yunnan hazel, central and southern China; Involucre long, twice the length of the nut or more, forming a 'beak' Corylus colchica – Colchican filbert, Caucasus
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Corylus colurna is also used in different sized parking lot islands and a variety of wide lawns. It is recommended for a buffer strip around parking lots or highways. Also it is used as a street tree, specimen tree, or in sidewalk cut outs. [2]
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Corylus americana is cultivated as an ornamental plant for native plant gardens, and in wildlife gardens to attract and keep fauna in an area. There are cultivated hybrids of Corylus americana with Corylus avellana which aim to combine the larger nuts of the latter with the former's resistance to a North American fungus Cryptosporella anomala. [12]
Corylus avellana foliage and nuts The common hazel ( Corylus avellana ) and the filbert ( Corylus maxima ) are important orchard plants, grown for their edible nuts . The other genera include a number of popular ornamental trees , widely planted in parks and large gardens; several of the birches are particularly valued for their smooth ...