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Hazel-nut
Corylus americana Walt.
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Plants
Subkingdom
Tracheobionta
Vascular Plants
Superdivision
Spermatophyta
Seed Plants
Division
Magnoliophyta
Flowering Plants
Class
Magnoliopsida
Dicotyledons
Subclass
Hamamelididae
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Birch Family
Genus
Corylus L.
Hazelnut
Species
Corylus americana
Walter
American hazelnut
Figure 1: Classification Table
Shape, Form, and type

The Hazel-nut tree
is a dense, moundshaped, tree like
shrub. It has a
moderate growth
rate and can grow
between 6 and 12
feet high at full
maturity. [1]
Figure 2: Hazelnut tree
Bark and Twig

The bark of the Hazelnut
tree is a light grayish
brown in color and tends to
be smooth but as it
matures it develops a mild
criss-cross netted pattern.
[2]
Figure 3: Bark of hazelnut tree
The twigs on the hazelnut
tree are thin and slender,
they are a light brown in
color, and are covered in
many stiff glandular red
hairs.
[2]
Figure 4: Twig of Hazelnut tree
Leaf

The leaves of a hazelnut
tree are simple,
arranged alternately, the
margin is doubly
serrated, so its toothed
and lobed. It has an oval
shape with a round or
hear-shape base. The
color is dark green
above and paler green
underneath, they can be
from 2 ½ to 5 inches
long, and it contains
small glandular hairs. [2]
Figure 5: leaves of hazelnut tree
Bud

The bud of a
hazelnut tree is
blunt, oval in shape,
covered in a few
scales, grayish
brown getting lighter
as it reaches the tip.
[2]
Figure 6: Bud of hazelnut tree
Flower and Fruit

The flowers bloom in spring, they
are oval with round to obtuse tips,
the male flowers catkins are
found in sides of small branches
in clusters of two or three, they
are usually light brown. The
female flowers are not showy and
are usually red
[3]

The fruit are small edible
brown nuts, usually
incased in a hairy leaf-like
green husk. [3]
Figure 8: Fruit of hazelnut tree
Figure 7: flower of hazelnut tree
Habitat and Range

The habitat of the
Hazelnut tree can vary
from moist to dry, open
woods, thickets,
hillsides, roadsides, and
fencerows. It is also
native to the eastern
part of North America
,from North Dakota
down to Oklahoma all
the way to South
Carolina and up to the
New England States,
and In parts of Canada.
[4]
Figure 9: Range of Hazelnut tree
Uses

The Hazelnut tree is
cultivated for the
edible nuts that it
grows and also the
hazelnut tree is a
great ornamental
tree. [5]
Figure 10: Hazelnuts harvested from a hazelnut tree
Reference of Data
Shape, form, and type-
1.

2010. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Date Retrieved:
6/24/2010 http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=coam3
Bark, Twig, Leaf, and Bud-
2.

2010. Virginia Tech. USDAFS. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=208
Fruit and Flowers-
3.

2010. University of Wisconsin. Stevens Point. Corylus americana
Walter. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?spcode=CORAME
Habitat and Range-
4.

2010. University of Wisconsin. Stevens Point. Corylus americana
Walter. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010
http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?spcode=CORAME
Uses-
5.

2010.Wikipedia.Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel
Reference of Pictures

Figure 1: Classification Table

Figure 2: Hazelnut tree

2010. SuperStock. Date retrieved:6/24/2010.
http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1569R-38022
Figure 9: Range of Hazelnut tree

2010. Will Cook. Discover life. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Corylus+americana&flags=not_no
Figure 8: fruit of hazelnut tree

2010. Will Cook. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/coam3.html
Figure 7: flower of hazelnut tree

2010. Corylus Americana Walter, Betulacaea. Date Retrieved:6/24/2010.
http://www.mathcs.richmond.edu/~tkostadi/trees/htmls/corylus_americana.htm
Figure 6: Bud of hazelnut tree
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2010. Shrubs of Wisconsin. Corylus americana Walter. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/shrubs/corame01.htm
Figure 5: Leaves of Hazelnut tree

2008. Will Cook. Date retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/coam3.html
Figure 4: Twig of Hazelnut tree

2010. index of/Products_B&B/Photos. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://www.princetonnurseries.com/Products_B&B/Photos/
Figure 3: Bark of hazelnut tree

2010. Plants Profile. Corylus americana Walter. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=COAM3
2010. Virginia Tech. USDAFS. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=208
Figure 10: hazelnuts cultivated from tree
2010. Wikipedia. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel