Corylus avellana
Common names
Common hazel
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Simplified description
Sprawling to erect shrub, sometimes layering; deciduous. Coppices from cut stumps.
Flower colours
Brown, Yellow
Distribution
Widely grown as a food crop in cooler parts of NZ; apparently uncommon as an adventive plant
Habitat
Understorey of planted trees in parks, large gardens.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Corylaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
2006
Origin
Britain, Europe, Asia Minor
Reason for introduction
Edible nuts
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CORAVE
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Heenan et al. 2008. NZ Journal of Botany 46: 269