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Corylus americana |
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American
Hazelnut, American Filbert |
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North America |
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Multi-stemmed shrub, forming a rounded top with
a leggy or open base. |
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8-10 (up to
15) feet tall with a slightly smaller spread. |
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Plants are
monoecious. The male flowers are borne in showy
catkins, to 3 inches long, the female flowers
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Leaves are
alternate, simple, 2˝ -6 inches long,
rounded to oval, with an oblique, rounded to
cordate base, doubly serrate, leathery, softly
pubescent. |
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Fall color
is a poor yellow-green. |
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Fruit is a
nut, up to ˝ inch long, edible, surrounded by a
prominent, downy involucre, twice as long as the
nut. |
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