| Scientific Name: | Corylus avellana |
| Common Name: | European filbert, common hazel |
| Family Name: | Betulaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Pubescent, Obovate, Double serrate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Yellow, Feb-Mar |
| Fruit: | Edible, Nut, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stem and branches covered in fine hairs; leaves, broadly ovate, most blades 5-12cm long x cm wide, margins double serrate, pubescent both sides, petioles with stiff hairs; male catkins 5-8cm long open before leaf buds. Winter ID: twigs zigzag, with stiff hairs and immature male catkins mostly in 3's near tips; buds green-pale brown, chubby. | |