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California Hazelnut
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Although called a tree, it is actually a very tall, multi-stemmed shrub.
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The stems were smooth and varied in color from a medium gray to almost charcoal.
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This shrub grows in dry woodlands and forest edges and can reach 8 meters tall.
Although the core stems were shaded and bare, the upper branches were full of leaves.
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The oldest leaves were near the bottom. They were large and a deep green, and were clearly
shaded by the newer, upper leaves.
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The upper leaves were a healthy light green, and the upper branches looked more like a tree than a shrub.
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The leaf was a rounded oval in shape, coarsely double-toothed along its edge.
The under part of the leaf felt fuzzy.
The leafs were roughly 3 inches (8 cm.) long, and roughly 2 inches (5 cm.) wide.
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Detail of a branch with new leaves sprouting from its joint.
Flowers and nuts only appear in the spring. This was mid summer.
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