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Juglandaceae
Carya

not marked as a favorite taxon Carya texana Buckley. Common name: Black Hickory. Phenology: Apr-May; Oct. Habitat: Dry upland woodlands, glades, bluffs, sand barrens. Distribution: S. Indiana, c. Illinois, n. Missouri, and e. Kansas south to c. Kentucky, w. Tennessee, c. Mississippi, s. Louisiana, se. Texas, and c. Texas.

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Section: Carya.

ID notes: The blackish bark, rather scaly and with prominent horizontal cross-checks, is distinctly different from our other hickories.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Jones (2005) stated that w. KY material of C. pallida is transitional to C. texana.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA3, GrPl, Il, K1, K4, Mo3, NcTx, NS, POWO, Tx; = Hicoria texana Le Conte — S; > Carya buckleyi Durand var. arkansana (Sarg.) Sarg. — G; > Carya texana Buckley var. arkansana (Sarg.) Little — C; > Carya texana Buckley var. texana — F; > Carya texana Buckley var. villosa (Sarg.) Little — F. Basionym: Carya texana Buckley 1860 [1861]

Links to other floras: = Carya texana - FNA3

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