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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya tomentosa   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Carya tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carya alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-009:

Carya tomentosa   FAMILY Juglandaceae

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

Hicoria alba

 

COMMON NAME:
Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory


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image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p21a

        

There's been confusion and controversy for centuries over the specific epithet, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

Ron Lance    jkm110219_651

        

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

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2362_c_tomentos

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_220

        

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_carya_tomentosa_12

January        

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm0402c_03

February    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Bark is gray, fissured and ridged in a netlike pattern, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm160328_003

March    Greenville County    SC

Staminate catkins pedunculate, to 14 cm, stalks and bracts hirsute, scaly, per Flora of North America.

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm160328_165

March    Greenville County    SC

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

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm210309_8889

March    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm240312_7701

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm240312_7703

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm0204m_21

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3871

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaves aromatic; rachis hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3872

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaflets below with acicular (single) and abundant 2-8-rayed fascicled and multiradiate hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_carya_tomentosa_15

June        

Stout hairy twigs and pale terminal buds, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_carya_tomentosa_8

June        

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_carya_tomentosa

July        

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    s050807_cd

August    Greenville County    SC

Usually 7 leaflets, varying in size; margins coarsely or finely toothed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

JK Marlow    jkm0509i_23

September    Greenville County    SC

Fruit up to 2" long and rounded, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

Ron Lance    jkm110219_646b

Month Unknown        

Husk 1/4-3/8" thick, hard, freely splitting to the base. Shell angled, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya tomentosa   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Carya tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carya alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-009:
Carya tomentosa   FAMILY Juglandaceae

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

 

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9 leaflets, usually 7
Alternate

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

Staminate flowers in elongate catkins

FRUIT:
Fall
Nut

 

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