Beaked Hazelnut
Corylus cornuta Marshall - Birch familySize
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
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.