PLANTS Profile for Corylus avellana (common filbert)

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PLANTS Profile

Corylus avellana L.
common filbert

Symbol:

COAV80

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Betulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Corylus avellana L.

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Distribution:
Corylus avellana L.


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USA (NY, OR, WA), CAN (BC, NF)

Related Taxa:
Corylus avellana L.

View 6 genera in Betulaceae, 7 species in Corylus

Classification:
Corylus avellana L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Fagales
Family	Betulaceae – Birch family
Genus	Corylus L. – hazelnut
Species	Corylus avellana L. – common filbert

Introduced Information:
Corylus avellana L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Corylus avellana L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501642.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 04:51 PM CDT