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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya floridana   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carya floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Carya floridana

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

Hicoria floridana

 

COMMON NAME:
Scrub Hickory


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image of Carya floridana, Scrub Hickory

Ron Lance    jkm110219_651

        

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

image of Carya floridana, Scrub Hickory

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_228b

        

image of Carya floridana, Scrub Hickory

Ron Lance    rwl2170_a2

October        

Leaflets 3-5(7), with amber-colored resinous glands on the underside, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Carya floridana, Scrub Hickory

Ron Lance    jkm110219_641a

Month Unknown        

Fruit husks 2-3mm thick, nut usually not angled, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya floridana   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carya floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Carya floridana

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

 

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2170

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Florida yellow-sand scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native: Florida

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3-5(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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