Beaked Hazelnut
Corylus cornuta
Beaked hazelnut is an adaptable understory shrub whose long male catkins dangle through winter and open before the leaves. Its nuts, wrapped in a distinctive bristly beak, feed jays, grouse, and squirrels.
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4–12 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~131 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- CA, CO, CT, GA, MA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV