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Hazel

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Flowering Common Hazel in early spring
Flowering Common Hazel in early spring
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fagales
Family:Betulaceae
Genus:Corylus
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Species

Corylus americana — American Hazel
Corylus avellana — Common Hazel
Corylus chinensis — Chinese Hazel
Corylus colurna — Turkish Hazel
Corylus cornuta — Beaked Hazel
Corylus ferox — Himalayan Hazel
Corylus heterophylla — Asian Hazel
Corylus jacquemontii — Jacquemont's Hazel
Corylus maxima — Filbert
Corylus sieboldiana — Asian Beaked Hazel
Corylus tibetica — Tibetan Hazel

The hazels are a genus of about ten species of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere.

Leaves and nuts of Turkish Hazel: note the spiny involucres (husks) surrounding the nuts

The scientific name is Corylus (authentic Latin but derived from an ancient Greek name), and it is placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.

They have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins. The flowers are produced very early in spring before the leaves, and are monoecious, with single-sex catkins, the male pale yellow and 5–12 cm long, the female very small and largely concealed in the buds, with only the bright red 1–3 mm long styles visible. The seeds are nuts 1–2.5 cm long and 1–2 cm diameter, surrounded by an involucre (husk) which partly to fully encloses the nut; the shape and structure of the involucre are important in the identification of the different species of hazel.

Hazels are used as food plants by the larvae of various species of Lepidoptera — see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Hazels.

Species

The species of hazel are grouped as follows:

  • Nut surrounded by a soft, leafy involucre. Multi-stemmed, suckering shrubs to 12m tall.
    • Involucre short, about the same length as the nut.
      • Corylus americana — American Hazel, from eastern North America
      • Corylus avellana — Common Hazel, from Europe, north Africa and west Asia
      • Corylus heterophylla — Asian Hazel, from Asia
    • Involucre long, twice the length of the nut or more, forming a 'beak'.
      • Corylus cornuta — Beaked Hazel, of North America
      • Corylus maxima — Filbert, of southeastern Europe and southwest Asia
      • Corylus sieboldiana — Asian Beaked Hazel, from northeastern Asia and Japan
  • Nut surrounded by a stiff, spiny involucre. Single-stemmed trees.
    • Involucre moderately spiny and also with glandular hairs. Large trees to 35m tall.
      • Corylus colurna — Turkish Hazel, from southeastern Europe and Asia Minor
      • Corylus jacquemontii — Jacquemont's Hazel, from the Himalaya
      • Corylus chinensis — Chinese Hazel, from West China
    • Involucre densely spiny, resembling a chestnut burr. Medium-size trees to 20m tall.
      • Corylus ferox — Himalayan Hazel, from the Himalaya.
      • Corylus tibetica — Tibetan Hazel, from Tibet and southwest China.

Several hybrids exist, and can occur between species in different sections of the genus, e.g. Corylus x colurnoides (C. avellana x C. colurna).


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