Betulaceae
57 species
Trees and shrubs including birch, alder, and hazelnut; hazelnuts are edible nuts.
Alnus cordata
Italian elder
Edible: Not edible.
Alnus glutinosa
Black alder, European alder
Edible: Leaves & Bark - medicine
Alnus glutinosa subsp. barbata
Edible: Leaves - tea;
Alnus incana
Grey alder
Edible: Not edible. The dried wood is used for smoking meat.
Alnus nepalensis
Nepalese alder
Edible: Leaves - tea
Alnus rhombifolia
White alder
Edible: Bark
Alnus rubra
Oregon alder, Red alder
Edible: Wood - flavour, Bark, Buds, Catkins, Sap
Alnus serrulata
Hazel alder, Smooth alder
Edible: tea, Possibly medicine
Alnus sinuata - (Regel.)Rydb.
Sitka Alder
Edible: Flowers
Alnus tenuifolia
Mountain alder
Edible: Wood - flavour
Alnus viridis crispa - (Aiton.)Turrill.
American Green Alder
Edible: Flowers
Alnus viridis subsp. crispa
Mountain alder
Edible: Wood - flavour
Betula alleghaniensis
Yellow birch
Edible: Sap, Leaves - spice, Leaves - tea, Bark
Betula alnoides
Indian birch
Edible: Bark
Betula cylindrostachya
Saur, Sunli
Edible: Fruit, Bark - masticatory, Buds - tea
Betula glandulosa
Scrub birch, Ground birch, Dwarf birch
Edible: Flowers, Leaves - tea
Betula kenaica
Kenai Birch, Alaskan Paper Birch
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Betula lenta
Sweet birch, Black birch
Edible: Sap, Bark, Leaves - tea, Twigs - oil
Betula nana
Bog Birch, Dwarf Birch, Smooth Dwarf, Birch, Swamp Birch
Edible: Flowers, Leaves - tea
Betula nigra
River Birch, Red Birch, Tropical birch
Edible: Bark, Sap
Betula occidentalis
Water birch, White birch
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Sap
Betula papyrifera
Paper birch, Canoe Birch, White birch
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Sap, Bark, Leaves - tea
Betula pendula
European Birch, Silver Birch
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Sap - wine, Bark
Betula platyphylla
White Birch, Asian white birch
Edible: Inner bark Sap
Betula populifolia
Grey birch
Edible: Sap, Bark
Betula pubescens
White birch, Brown Birch, Downy birch, Hairy birch
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Sap
Betula pubescens var. litwinowii
Edible: Juice - drink
Betula utilis
Himalayan birch
Edible: Bark - tea, Stems - water
Carpinus betulus
Horse bean, Horsebeam, Witch hazel
Edible: Sap, Leaves
Carpinus caroliniana
American Hornbeam
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Carpinus orientalis
Edible: ?
Corylus americana
American Hazelnut, American filbert
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus avellana
Hazel nuts, Cob-nut Hazel, Filberts
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Flavouring, Spice, Oil, Flowers, Buds, Leaves
Corylus avellana pontica - (C.Koch.)Winkl.
Edible: Oil, Oil, Seed
Corylus avellana var. pontica
Edible: Seeds, Nut
Corylus chinensis
Chinese hazel tree, Chen
Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Leaves - tea
Corylus colurna
Turkish Hazel tree
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Fruit, Leaves
Corylus cornuta
Beaked hazelnut, Beaked filbert
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus cornuta californica - (A.DC.)E.Murray.
California Hazel
Edible: Oil, Seed
Corylus cornuta var. californica
California hazel
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus fargesii
Pi zhen ye zhen
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus ferox
Himalayan hazel
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Fruit
Corylus heterophylla
Siberian filbert, Siberian hazel
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus hybrids & neohybrids
Hybrid & Neohybrids, Hazel, Filbert
Edible: Oil, Seed
Corylus jacquemontii
Indian tree hazel
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Oil
Corylus mandshurica
Manchurian hazel nut
Edible: Nuts
Corylus maxima
Filbert tree, Giant filbert, Purple-leaf hazel
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus sieboldiana
Japanese hazel, Siebold's hazel
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Seeds-oil, Fruit
Corylus sieboldiana mandschurica - (Maxim.&Rupr.)Sc
Hairy hazel, Japanese hazelnut
Edible: Oil, Seed
Corylus sieboldiana subsp. mandschurica
Hairy hazel, Japanese hazelnut
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus tibetica
Tibetan Hazelnut
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus x colurnoides
Trazel, Turkish trazel
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus x sp 1
Hazelbert, Mildred filbert
Edible: Nuts
Corylus x sp 2
Filazel
Edible: Nuts
Corylus x vilmorinii
Chinese trazel
Edible: Nuts, Seeds
Corylus yunnanensis
Dian zhen
Edible: Nuts
Ostryopsis davidiana
Shirenghen chai
Edible: Leaves - tea