| Flower: | Hazelnut | | Family: | Birch | | Genus / Species: | Corylus cornuta | | Notes: | Also known as California Hazelnut, Beaked Hazelnut, and Filbert. The nut of this common brushy shrub was undoubtedly a common food of the native people of the Willamettte Valley for thousands of years. The second photo below shows the tiny red flower which is the female part. Pollen from the catkins, the male part, will fertilize the flower and in turn produce the nut. | | Photo: | 
Ritner Covered Bridge County Park - September 9th, 2024 | | Photo 2: | 
Salem Audubon Nature Reserve - February 4, 2019 | | Guide: | Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Pojar & Mackinnon / Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest by Kozloff / Trees to know in Oregon by Ross / Cascade-Olympic Natural History by Mathews |
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