Corylus cornuta - Beaked hazel

Beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta) is a deciduous shrub native to North America, its sweet seeds edible raw or cooked and its young shoots used for basketry.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹
• Fibre¹

Type

• Corylus spp. - Hazel
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Corylus cornuta | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 10 seconds ↩