ALICE Demonstration Chalk Grassland Database (UK)

Corylus avellana L.

HIGHER TAXON: Corylaceae

GENUS: Corylus L.

Corylus avellana L. [1]

PLACES: -
  Asia
  Europe
    England (N) [1]; Ireland (N) [1]; Scotland (N) [1]
    Wales (N) [1]
  Scandinavia

HABITATS: -

DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 22 [1]
  Data reviewed?: not reviewed
  Flower colour: yellow [1,13], green [1]
  Habit: Shrub [1]
  Hairiness: Hairy [1]
  Height: 1-2m [1], 2-5m [1], 5-10m [13]
  Leaf arrangement: alternate [1]
  Leaf shape: simple [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Phanerophyte - micro (2-8m) [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: january [1], february [1], march [1],
   april [1]
  Month of fruiting: september [1], october [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Poisonous: no [1]
  Pollinating agent: wind [1]
  Present in my garden: no

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]

USES:
Food - Nuts [1]; Wood - Firewood [12]; Wood - Rods/Poles [12]; Wood - Timber [12]

VERNACULAR:
Cob-nut [1]; Filbert [12]; Hazel [1]

NOTES:
  "Filbert" is a name given to C.maxima - an intr. large nutted species.

DATA SOURCES:

1.		Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
		Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

12.		Johns, C.A. Rev.,1953
		British Trees, Routledge.

13.		Rose,F.,1981
		The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

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Corylus avellana L.

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