Corylus cornuta californica

Description

Corylus cornuta, the beaked hazelnut, is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America, from southern Canada south to Georgia and California. It grows in dry woodlands and forest edges and can reach 4�8 metres (13�26 ft) tall with stems 10�25 cm (4�9 3?4 in) thick with smooth gray bark. The leaves are rounded oval, coarsely double-toothed, 5�11 cm (2�4 1?4 in) long and 3�8 cm (1 1?4�3 1?4 in) broad, with hairy undersides. The flowers are catkins that form in the fall and pollinate in the following spring,