Corylus avellana L.
Hazel, common filbert
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4/20/2017 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 9″ (16 × 23 cm) 
4/20/2017 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 8″ (15 × 20 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Fagales | Birch, she-oak, beech, walnut, bayberry, others |
| Family | Betulaceae | Birch family: birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams and hop-hornbeams |
| Genus | Corylus | From the Greek korylos and the Latin corylus or corulus, “hazel, “ and a Latin name for the hazelnut or filbert. OR from the Greek korylos, or korys, “helmet,” referring to the husk on the nut |
| Species | avellana |
Corylus avellana description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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