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Plants in the Hul’q’umi’num’ World

"Corylus cornuta" by Plant Image Library, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Hul'q'umi'num' name:
p’qw’axw
English Name:
Hazelnut
Alternative English Names:
Beaked Hazelnut, Beaked Hazel
Scientific Name:
Corylus cornuta, cornuta variety

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Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
Hazelnuts are spherical edible nuts that are borne in tubular husks. They are produced on shrubs that occur in a variety of habitats within southernmost Vancouver Island.

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Hul'q'umi'num' Name
p’qw’axw
APA
p̓q̓ʷax̌ʷ
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Ruby Peter

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sthxhelum | Sword Fern

sthxhelum | Sword Fern

This is a large, evergreen fern whose leaves grow to form a distinctive crown. Like other ferns, this species reproduces by spores, which in sword fern are produced in structures called sori (singular, sorus) on the undersides of the leaves, or fronds. Sword fern occurs in moist forests from low to middle elevations all along our coast.