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