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Juglandaceae
Carya

not marked as a favorite taxon Carya laciniosa (F. Michaux) W.P.C. Barton. Common name: Shellbark Hickory, Kingnut Hickory, Big Shagbark Hickory, Riverbottom Hickory. Phenology: Apr-May; Oct. Habitat: Bottomland forests, hardwood flatwoods, swamps; rarely in mesic upland forests and on rich lower slopes. Distribution: New York and s. Ontario west to Iowa, south to North Carolina, nw. Georgia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. This species is sometimes planted, but occurs natively in nw. Georgia, along the Roanoke River (Halifax and Northampton counties, North Carolina) and New Hope Creek (Durham County, North Carolina).

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Section: Carya.

ID notes: Leaf axes (petioles + rachises) tend to persist and curve upwards throughout the winter (bare of leaflets, which senesce and drop), creating a distinctive look. Other distinctive features of this hickory are the very large nuts, very large terminal leaflets, and semi-shaggy bark (shaggy, but less so than Carya ovata or Carya carolinae-septentrionalis).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA3, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tn, Tx, W; = Hicoria laciniosa (F.Michx.) Sarg. — S, S13. Basionym: Juglans laciniosa F.Michx. 1811

Links to other floras: = Carya laciniosa - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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native range: eastern North America