Corylus cornuta ssp. californica (California Hazel) Size:1 gal CN forming dense impenetrable thickets in

forming dense impenetrable thickets in riparian areas

Height: 50-70 ft

Plant Description: Hoya compacta

occasionally pink petals

and jojoba

Corylus cornuta ssp. californica (California Hazel) Size:1 gal CN forming dense impenetrable thickets inPlant Description: Commonly grows as an open, spreading multi stemmed shrub, although occasionally found as a tree. Leaves are oval to circular shaped with a sharp tip and coarsely toothed edges. Male catkins dangle to about 3 in, where the female flowers resemble a small rounded bud having many vivid red stigma similar to tentacles. Leaves turn yellow in autumn. The nut of this plant is edible and is enclosed in a small, hairy, beaked bract. Western