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what is this tree?

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LifeIsGoodish · 15/07/2016 09:21

Is it a hazelnut or cobnut? I've seen it in hedgerows, hedges, and freestanding in scrubby woodland.

OP posts:
echt · 15/07/2016 10:22

Pic, please?

Ifailed · 15/07/2016 10:31

cobnut is a close relative to hazelnut, the nuts are slightly smaller and rounder.

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LifeIsGoodish · 15/07/2016 16:01

Ha ha! MN had a hiccup and wouldn't let me upload the pics.

The cobnuts I've seen were always bigger and longer than hazelnuts, but I've never seen a cobnut tree, and the only hazelnut trees I've ever seen all grew in mad - but natural - spirals. (Knowingly seen, that is.)

Maybe this is neither?

what is this tree?
what is this tree?
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ChrissyEighty · 15/07/2016 16:14

The mad spiral ones are Corkscrew Hazel and Cobnuts are a type of Hazel, of which there are many varieties.

Ifailed · 16/07/2016 08:52

I believe the nuts from the corkscrew hazel are barren, it can only be grown from grafting.

Kr1stina · 16/07/2016 16:21

I think it's a corylus or hazel

Grumpysfirstwife · 16/07/2016 16:26

www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=602

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