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Corylus avellana

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Corylus avellana, the common hazel, is a species of flowering plant in the birch family Betulaceae. The shrub usually grows 3 to 8 metres tall and is native to Europe and Western Asia. It is mainly cultivated for its nuts; while the name hazelnut applies to the nuts of any Corylus species, in commercial use it usually means C. avellana. The hazelnut, or cob nut, is the edible kernel of the seed and is eaten raw, roasted, or ground into a paste. Historically the shrub was an important part of the hedgerows used as field boundaries in lowland England, and its wood was grown as coppice, with the poles used for wattle-and-daub building and agricultural fencing. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 1

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 2

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Corylus avellana 2

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Corylus avellana (Wikidata)

In Biome

Temperate Forest

Source Plants For A Future: Corylus avellana

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Sources

1. Corylus avellana (Wikipedia)

Lead section
The species is mainly cultivated for its nuts.
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 388417
Corylus avellana, the common hazel, is a species of flowering plant in the birch family Betulaceae.
lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 388417
Historically, the shrub was an important component of the hedgerows used as field boundaries in lowland England.
Infobox: status
LC

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2. Corylus avellana (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q124969 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Corylus avellana

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Fagales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12383

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12383

"cites_listing":"III/NC","eu_listing":"C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Fagales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Plants For A Future: Corylus avellana

Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats

Quote, In Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats

Woods and hedgerows, especially on the slopes of hills, often on calcareous soils

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