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Corylus colurna (Chinese hazelnut; Turkish hazelnut)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Corylus colurna (Turkish hazel or Turkish filbert) is a deciduous tree native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia, from the Balkans through northern Turkey to northern Iran.
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Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium-High
Shade Percentage [1]  82 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  High
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Wood - firm, durable, moderately hard. Used for furniture, turnery etc;
Height [2]  66 feet (20 m)
Width [2]  23 feet (7 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Water Use [1]  High
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
KENTRIKO TMIMA ZAGORIOU 81829 Greece  
Severo-Osetinsky State Nature Reserve 72970 North Ossetia, Russia
Teberdinskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 210198 Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia

Predators

Mikomya coryli[3]
Stigmella microtheriella[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0