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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carya texana
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya texana
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Carya texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hicora texana
COMMON NAME:
Black Hickory
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Ron Lance jkm110219_651
Note variation in husk thickness & dehiscence, and nut shape, size & sweetness.
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_229
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_230
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Ron Lance rwl_caryatexana
August
In cultivation
Only hickory w tufted rust-colored hair on buds, petioles, leaf undersides, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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Ron Lance rwl_caryatexana2
August
In cultivation
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Ron Lance rwl_caryatexana3
August
In cultivation
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Ron Lance jkm110219_638a
Month Unknown
Fruit husks are 2-5mm thick. The nut is slightly to not at all angled, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carya texana
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya texana
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Carya texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hicora texana
2928
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Dry upland woodlands, glades, bluffs, sand barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-7 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 2-3 lobed
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
Staminate flowers in elongate catkins
FRUIT:
Fall
Nut
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p221
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p070
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p088
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