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Beaked Hazelnut vs Black Walnut

Corylus cornuta

Juglans nigra

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Beaked Hazelnut
Black Walnut

Beaked Hazelnut is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub native to North America.

It features smooth, grey bark and edible nuts. Beaked Hazelnut prefers a rich sandy-clay loam but will grow on poorer sites, and can be used as an understory shrub.

Note: You want more than one hazelnut to improve yields.

The Black Walnut is a slow growing, large, straight-stemmed tree with an open crown. It produces dense, very hard, edible nuts.

Black Walnut has a deeply-furrowed, black bark. Its leaves are about 1 foot long, composed of 15 - 23 slightly stalked leaflets on a moderately stout stock which provide good dappled shade.

Despite being highly valued for its edible nuts and its shade tree aesthetics, it is rare to see this tree on the prairies.

Note: Black Walnut's roots produce a substance named juglone that is toxic to some other plants. Consider this when choosing where you plant a black walnut, as you will not be able to grow tomato, potato, cabbage, eggplant, blueberry, azalea, rhododendron, lilac, red pine and apple in the surrounding area.

Note: Plant this tree once. It will not respond well to transplanting.

Note: Although self-pollinating, planting two trees significantly improves nut production.

A top CO2 absorbing species. Experts think this tree may help climate change more than others.

BEAKED HAZELNUT QUICK FACTS

BLACK WALNUT QUICK FACTS

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Height: 14 m (45 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Nuts: small, wildlife attracting
Nuts: corrugated nut with edible meat
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: low
Suckering: low





Other Names: beaked hazel
Other Names: american walnut