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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya pallida   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Carya pallida

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-008:

Carya pallida   FAMILY Juglandaceae

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

Hicoria pallida

 

COMMON NAME:
Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory


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image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Ron Lance    jkm110219_651

        

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

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_222

        

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hipa7_001_lvd

        

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_carya_pallida_10

January        

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_carya_pallida_12

January        

Outer darker bud scales falling away, exposing pale tight inner scales, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_carya_pallida_6

January        

Bark is gray to nearly black and furrowed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm230328_2147

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm110415_516

April    Carroll County    GA

Leaves with 5-9 leaflets (usually 7), each rather long-tipped, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm200425_4105

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Staminate flowers in prominent cylindrical catkins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm200425_4106

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaflets rather long-tipped, slightly aromatic; rachis usually hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm230417_2532

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

A silvery tan color is imparted to leaflets' abaxial surfaces by the abundant peltate scales, per Flora of North America.

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm230417_2538

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Surfaces abaxially moderately to densely scaly in spring, per Flora of North America.

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Alan S. Weakley    asw_215444244570292

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

Leaflet undersides quite pale, covered with many scales and hairs, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_pallida_leaves_2_s

May    Harris County    GA

Unusual among hickories in having leaves pale beneath, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm210603_1038

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm210603_1041

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_carya_pallida_1_2

August        

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm230901_5130

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm230901_5133

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm181015_5259

October    Greenville County    SC

Cancer Survivors Park

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Gill Newberry    gn0478

November    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Gill Newberry    gn11_carya_pallida_leaf

November        

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm231109_6758

November    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Carya pallida, Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory

Ron Lance    jkm110219_647a

Month Unknown        

Husks 2-4mm thick, split to the base or only halfway. Nut slightly angled, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya pallida   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Carya pallida

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-008:
Carya pallida   FAMILY Juglandaceae

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

 

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-9 leaflets
Alternate

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

Staminate flowers in elongate catkins

FRUIT:
Fall
Nut

 

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