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Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Irish Coll (family - Corylaceae)
Description: Deciduous shrubs and small trees frequently coppiced and used for hedges. Many superstitions associated with hazel form Celtic times. Height max 6m. Max age 70-80 years
Where found:
Not acid soils. Often found as understorey in oak
woodlands. Natural distribution throughout all of British Isles and Europe, West Asia and North
Africa.
Phenology:
| Flowers | Leaves | Fruit | Ripen | Fall |
| Feb | May | Aug-Sept | Oct | November |
Uses past & present: White to reddish, tough and flexible. Was
extensively coppiced providing long sticks for a
variety of uses. Uses of
wood -
Used in past for cask hoops, basketry, walking
sticks, hurdles, thatching, spars and devining rods.
Good firewood. Food and drink
-
Nutritious and tasty nuts taken by large birds and by squirrels and
mice that store the nuts. Nuts produced from pruned bushes grown in open
conditions like a fruit orchard.
Propagation and growth:
From seed - dispersion aided by animals. Easily
grown from nuts kept cool and moist till spring.
Hazel leaf
Female
flower
