Corylus cornuta

Classification	Dicots
Family	Betulaceae
Family (Traditional)	Betulaceae
Genus	Corylus
Species:	Corylus cornuta Marsh.
Common Name	Beaked Hazelnut
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: GM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: doubly serrate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: No; Pistil Number: 1; Sexuality: monoecious; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Johnson (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: EKY, ETSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1996 - 2001

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0078943	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078949	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078954	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078946	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
31234100325289	Sevier	Tennessee	13 Jul 1996	Timothy J. Weckman 3029	EKY Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078940	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078953	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078937	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078948	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
UCHT009377	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Corylus cornuta
ETSU013774	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078935	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
UCHT009382	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078938	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078944	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078951	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078947	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078941	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
UCHT009376	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Corylus cornuta
UOS01604	Coffee	Tennessee	08 Aug 2001	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Corylus cornuta
UOS01602	Hamilton	Tennessee	07 Aug 2001	Al Good	UOS Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078936	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078939	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078942	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078952	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
UCHT009380	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078945	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078950	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
UCHT009369	McMinn	Tennessee			UCHT Corylus cornuta
UCHT040418	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Corylus cornuta
TENN-V-0078955	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Corylus cornuta
ETSU013773	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Corylus cornuta

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Corylus cornuta

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