Corylus cornuta ssp. californica (California Hazel) Size:1 gal NP fissured bark

fissured bark

Small seed cones are brown

sericea ‘Flaviramea’ is a cultivated variety of C

Fruit is spherical and dark red to black

Corylus cornuta ssp. californica (California Hazel) Size:1 gal NP fissured barkPlant Description: Commonly grows as an open, spreading multi stemmed shrub, although occasionally found as a tree. Leaves are oval to circular shaped with a sharp tip and coarsely toothed edges. Male catkins dangle to about 3 in, where the female flowers resemble a small rounded bud having many vivid red stigma similar to tentacles. Leaves turn yellow in autumn. The nut of this plant is edible and is enclosed in a small, hairy, beaked bract. Western