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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis   FAMILY Juglandaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Carya ovata var. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-005:

Carya carolinae-septentrionalis   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hicoria carolinae-septentrionalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory


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image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Ron Lance    jkm110219_651

        

Note variation in husk thickness & dehiscence, and nut shape, size & sweetness.

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_218

        

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hica8_001_lvd

        

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinaesepten

January        

Bark shaggy (on large trees separating in segments to a meter in length), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinaesepten_12

January        

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinaesepten_19

January        

Twigs slender; terminal bud reddish-brown (usually turning black on drying), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_carolinae_sept_5204

April    Orange County    NC

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_carolinae_sept_5207

April    Orange County    NC

Flowers unisexual, appearing in spring as new leaves develop, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_carolinae_sept_5208

April    Orange County    NC

Leaflets narrower than those of Carya ovata, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinaesepten_2

May        

Terminal leaflet 2-5(6)cm wide, nearly glabrous below but tufts in vein axils, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinaese_foliage

July?        

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinae_septentri

August        

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm181028_5410

October    McCormick County    SC

Terminal bud gradually tapered, nearly glabrous (scales darker than C ovata, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm181028_5414

October    McCormick County    SC

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm181028_5416

October    McCormick County    SC

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm181028_5418

October    McCormick County    SC

image of Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinaesepten_3

October        

Fruit husks 5-10mm thick, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Carya ovata var. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-005:
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hicoria carolinae-septentrionalis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2281

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Upland flats, especially those weathered from mafic rocks and with shrink-swell soils dominated by montmorillonitic clays, less typically on slopes and bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon to rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 2-3 lobed
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

Staminate flowers in elongate catkins

FRUIT:
Fall
Nut

 

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