American hazel


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Noun1.American hazel - nut-bearing shrub of eastern North AmericaAmerican hazel - nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America
Corylus americana
hazelnut, hazelnut tree, hazel - any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
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Approximately 500 ha of this land is considered habitable by deer; roughly 50% is comprised of open grasslands, oak (Quercus spp.) savannas, and old fields, with the remainder comprised of lowland shrub interspersed with hardwoods (quaking aspen Populus tremuloides, cottonwood Populus deltoides, American hazel Corylus americana and willow Salix spp.), white spruce (Picea glauca) and red pine (Pinus resinosa) plantations, a cattail (Typha spp.) dominated wetland of about 60 ha and two small lakes (Baggot et al., 1988).
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