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



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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image of Carya texana, Black Hickory

Ron Lance    jkm110219_651

        

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

image of Carya texana, Black Hickory

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_229

        

image of Carya texana, Black Hickory

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_230

        

image of Carya texana, Black Hickory

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).

image of Carya texana, Black Hickory

Ron Lance    rwl_caryatexana2

August        

In cultivation

image of Carya texana, Black Hickory

Ron Lance    rwl_caryatexana3

August        

In cultivation

image of Carya texana, Black Hickory

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

 

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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

 

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