| Scientific Name: | Corylus cornuta var. californica |
| Common Name: | beaked hazelnut, western beaked hazel |
| Family Name: | Betulaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green-yellow, Red, Feb-Mar |
| Fruit: | Nut, Green-yellow, Red, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most obovate, 4-14cm long x 2-10cm wide, base rounded, margin toothed and serrate, pubescent undersides; male catkins pendent, 2-5cm long; female flowers like rounded buds with bright pink-red stigmas; nut long husk extending 1-2cm beyond the nut forming the 'beak' (unlike C. avellana). | |