Beaked Hazelnut -

It produces pink female flowers (tiny, red-styled) and long, dangled yellow male catkins in late winter. In autumn, its leaves turn a brilliant yellow.

Once successfully harvested and cracked, the nuts are smaller but sweeter and more buttery than commercial varieties. beaked hazelnut

Its signature is the light green, fuzzy husk that surrounds the nut, extending into a long tube—a protective, stinging-haired armor that protects the kernel, often from humans, too. It produces pink female flowers (tiny, red-styled) and