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SPECIES: Corylus cornuta var. californica | California Hazel 



ABBREVIATION : 
CORCORC

SYNONYMS : 
   Corylus californica Rose
   Corylus rostrata var. californica A. DC.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   COCOC


COMMON NAMES : 
   California hazel
   California hazelnut
   California filbert


TAXONOMY : 
The accepted scientific name for California hazel is Corylus cornuta
Marsh. var. californica (A. DC.) Sharp [15,27].  The genus Corylus
comprises 15 species, most of which occur in Asia.  Corylus cornuta is
the only species native to the United States [5,17].  Corylus cornuta is
distributed across North America.  Corylus cornuta var. californica is
the Pacific Coast entity of the species [5]; C. cornuta Marsh. var.
cornuta (beaked hazel) is a shrub occupying the eastern range of the
species [17].  There are two recognized forms of C. cornuta var.
californica [5]:

        C. cornuta var. californica forma californica
        C. cornuta var. californica forma glandulosa (Boivin)
                        stat.nov.(C. cornuta var. glandulosa Boivin).


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Mary Lou Zimmerman, May 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Zimmerman, Mary Lou 1991.  Corylus cornuta var. californica.  In: Remainder of Citation

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