stalkless catkins, not ornamental, blooms before the leaves
Fruit
round edible nut encased in a beaked tubular green, bristly husk, a good food source for many wildlife
Leaves
green, coarsely double-toothed, simple, alterante, yellow in the fall
Roots
fiborous
Dimensions
greater than 12 feet, the plants we picked from were more on the 4-5 foot range
Propagation
seeds, may need some form of stratification, seeds that float are usually empty
Misc Facts
Cornuta means horn. Hence the common name Beaked Hazelnut.
Author's Notes
I grew up eating Beaked Hazel Nuts that grew on my parents property in Superior, Wisconsin USA (zone 4). We would put the husks on the roof to dry them. This, we thought, made them easier to extract the seeds?