Betulaceae

A family of some 6 genera and 100 species of nut-bearing shrubs and trees from the temperate and cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere.  [RHSD].  The family contains a number of species of economic importance for their nuts or timber.  Corylys and other genera are sometimes placed in a separate family, Corylaceae.  Represented in the Hortus by the Hazel nut and Filbert.

Plants in this Family

1. Betula papyrifera Michx.
2. Carpinus betulus L.
3. Corylus avellana L.
4. Corylus avellana ‘Cob Nut’
5. Corylus avellana ‘Cosford’
6. Corylus avellana ‘Northamptonshire Prolific’
7. Corylus avellana ‘Red Filbert’
8. Corylus avellana ‘White Filbert’
9. Corylus colurna L.