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Hazel-nut Corylus americana Walt.
ClassificationKingdom 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, mound-shaped, 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 7: flower of hazelnut tree
Figure 8: Fruit 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 Data1. Shape, form, and type-
2010. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010 http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=coam3
2. Bark, Twig, Leaf, and Bud- 2010. Virginia Tech. USDAFS. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010.
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=208 3. Fruit and Flowers-
2010. University of Wisconsin. Stevens Point. Corylus americana Walter. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010. http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?spcode=CORAME
4. Habitat and Range- 2010. University of Wisconsin. Stevens Point. Corylus americana Walter.
Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010 http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?spcode=CORAME
5. Uses- 2010.Wikipedia.Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel
Reference of Pictures Figure 1: Classification Table-
2010. Plants Profile. Corylus americana Walter. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=COAM3
Figure 2: 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-
2008. Will Cook. Date retrieved: 6/24/2010. http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/coam3.html Figure 4: Twig of Hazelnut tree-
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- 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-
2010. Will Cook. Date Retrieved: 6/24/2010. http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/coam3.html Figure 7: flower 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. SuperStock. Date retrieved:6/24/2010.
http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1569R-38022 Figure 9: Range of Hazelnut tree-
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