Common name:
Common hazel
Family:
Scientific name:
Corylus avellana
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles
Height:
Up to 10 m
Habitat:
Woodland, hedges, on neutral or basic soils
Flowers:
Male flowers are pendent catkins, up to 8 cm long, with whorls of compact flowers formed of pale yellow bracts and exserted stamens; up to 240 flowers per catkin. Female flowers are much shorter; bracts are tightly compressed, and a group of red styles projects from the top
Leaves:
Hairless, broadly ovate to nearly round, with large, sharp marginal teeth, themselves lined by smaller teeth. Up to 8 cm long
Season:
January to March
Rarity:
★★★★★
