NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Corylus cornuta var. cornuta [= Corylus cornuta]

Scientific Name:	Corylus cornuta var. cornuta [= Corylus cornuta]
Genus:	Corylus
Species Epithet:	cornuta
Common Name:	Beaked Hazelnut, Beaked Filbert
Plant Type	Shrub
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Betulaceae (Birch Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	3-6 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	Red, Brown
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Dry, Moist
Bloom Time:	Feb, March, April
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	Dry rocky woodlands, thickets, high elevation forests and openings, seepage swamps. Common in NC mountains and piedmont, rare to absent in coastal plain.
Leaf Arrangement:	Alternate
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Important for Wildlife
Landscape Value:	Suitable for home landscapes
State Rank:	S4: Apparently secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
Notes:	Forms thickets and has an edible fruit (but good luck beating the squirrels to them!). Female flowers tiny and deep red; male flowers are tan-brown catkins.
The fruits are very distinctive with the nuts being enclosed in a long light green/yellow tube. Along Salem Lake Trail, Forsyth County, NC Robby Deans
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/species_account.php https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/corylus-cornuta/ https://nc.audubon.org/700 https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/corylus/cornuta/

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