Beaked Hazelnut

Corylus cornuta Marshall - Birch family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 15.0 feet

Planting Distance: 5.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Root Depth: 16 inches

Growth Form: Multiple Stem

Growth Rate: Moderate

Features

Flower Color: Yellow

Conspicuous Flowers: No

Bloom Time: Early Spring

Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer

Evergreen: No

Fall Colors: No

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Clay Soil Tolerance: No

Sandy Soil Tolerance: No

Drought Tolerance: Medium

Flood Tolerance: None

Fire Tolerance: High

Salt Tolerance: None

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Beaked Hazelnut: Acrobasis normella, Acronicta increta, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Archips rosanus, Aseptis binotata, Automeris io io, Baileya ophthalmica, Bucculatrix callistricha, Bucculatrix fugitans, Campaea perlata, Clepsis persicana, Cosmia calami, Crocigrapha normani, Dasychira vagans, Ditula angustiorana, Dysstroma ochrofuscaria, Egira hiemalis, Erannis tillaria, Erora laeta, Erora laeta laeta, Euchlaena tigrinaria, Eulithis xylina, Halysidota tessellaris, Hesperumia latipennis, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Hyalophora cecropia, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma californicum, Mesoleuca gratulata, Neoalcis californiaria, Orthosia hibisci, Pero mizon, Phlogophora periculosa, Pseudorthodes irrorata, Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides, Zale phaeocapna, Zanclognatha cruralis

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.