| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juglandaceae | Carya aquatica | Water Hickory, Bitter Pecan | Swamp forests, where flooded during the winter months. | Se. VA south to s. peninsular FL, west to e. TX, north inland to se. MO, s. IL, and se. OK. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya carolinae-septentrionalis | Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory | Upland flats, especially those weathered from mafic rocks and with shrink-swell soils dominated by montmorillonitic clays, less typically on slopes and bottomlands. | Sc. VA (Halifax County) south to GA, AL, and MS, and inland northward to c. TN and sc. KY. First reported for VA by Wieboldt et al. (1998). |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory, White Hickory | Forests and woodlands, especially in rich, moist alluvial or slope forests. | ME and s. QC west to MN and NE, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya floridana | Scrub Hickory | Florida yellow-sand scrub, longleaf pine sandhills. | N. peninsular FL (Marion County) southward to s. FL. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory | In a very wide variety of forests and woodlands. | S. NH west to s. MI, se. IA, and se. KS, south to s. peninsular FL and e. TX. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya illinoinensis | Pecan, Nogal Morado, Nuez Encarcelada, Nuez Pecana | Bottomland forests, hardwood flatwoods, swamps, margins of fields, pastures, often along larger rivers; eastwards (out of native range) introduced and persistent around dwellings and in pecan orchards, escaped to suburban woodlands, rural forest edges and floodplains, also commonly cultivated. | Sw. OH, IN, IL, e. IA south to AL, MS, LA, TX, and widespread in Mexico; now also widely spread eastwards as a result of cultivation. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya laciniosa | Kingnut Hickory, Big Shellbark Hickory, Big Shagbark Hickory | Bottomland forests, hardwood flatwoods, swamps; rarely in mesic upland forests and on rich lower slopes. | NY and s. ON west to IA, south to NC, nw. GA, MS, and OK. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya myristiciformis | Nutmeg Hickory | Hardwood flatwoods, bottomland hardwood forests, riparian and upland calcareous woodlands, nonriverine swamps over calcareous substrates, including calcareous clays and coquina limestone (‘marl’). | Se. NC south to GA, and from wc. AL west to e. TX and se. OK; disjunct in Mexico (COA, NLE, SLP, TAM). First reported for NC by Leonard (1971b). |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya ovalis | Red Hickory | Forests and woodlands. | MA west to WI, south to GA, MS, and AR. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya ovata | Common Shagbark Hickory | Rich moist bottomlands, slopes, occasionally on dry upland flats. | S. ME and s. QC west to MN and NE, south to GA and TX; also disjunct in Mexico. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya pallida | Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory | Dry sandy or rocky forests and woodlands. | S. NJ south to Panhandle FL, west to TX, inland in the interior to w. NC, KY, s. IL, and AR. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya texana | Black Hickory | Dry upland woodlands, glades, bluffs, sand barrens. | S. IN, c. IL, n. MO, and e. KS south to c. KY, w. TN, c. MS, s. LA, se, and c. TX. |  |
| Juglandaceae | Carya tomentosa | Mockernut Hickory, White-heart Hickory | Forests and woodlands, one of the most common forest trees of much of our region.. | MA west to IN and IA, south to n. peninsular FL and TX. |  |
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