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Betulaceae
Corylus

not marked as a favorite taxon Corylus Linnaeus. Common name: Hazelnut, Filbert.

Key to Corylus

A genus of about 15-18 species, shrubs and trees, of temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Eurasian species of this genus, Corylus avellana Linnaeus and C. maxima P. Miller, are the sources of commercial filberts or hazelnuts. They are sometimes cultivated in North America, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Our wild species are also excellent eating, but wild animals, especially squirrels, usually harvest them before they are ripe. Subgeneric classification follows Whitcher & Wen (2001).

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Subfamily: Coryloideae.

References: Forest & Bruneau (2000); Furlow (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Govaerts & Frodin (1998); Kubitzki (1993b) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Whitcher & Wen (2001); Wright et al. (2023). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Corylus© Bruce A. Sorrie | Corylus americana | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Corylus© Emily Oglesby | Corylus americana
image #3 of Corylus© Bruce A. Sorrie | Corylus americana
image #4 of Corylus© Keith Bradley | Corylus americana
image #5 of Corylus© Erik Danielson | Corylus cornuta var. cornuta source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Corylus© Erik Danielson | Corylus cornuta var. cornuta source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Corylus© Richard & Teresa Ware | Corylus cornuta var. cornuta CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Corylus© Erik Danielson | Corylus cornuta var. cornuta source

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