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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carya tomentosa
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
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Read more about Mockernut Hickory at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya tomentosa
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Carya tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Carya alba
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-009:
Carya tomentosa
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hicoria alba
COMMON NAME:
Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory
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Ron Lance jkm110219_651
Note variation in husk thickness & dehiscence, and nut shape, size & sweetness.
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2362_c_tomentos
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_carya_tomentosa_12
January
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_carya_tomentosa_5
January
Bark is gray, fissured and ridged in a netlike pattern, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0402c_03
February Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
There's been confusion and controversy for centuries over the specific epithet, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160328_003
March Greenville County SC
Staminate catkins pedunculate, to 14 cm, stalks and bracts hirsute, scaly, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160328_165
March Greenville County SC
Staminate flowers in prominent cylindrical catkins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm210309_8889
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0204m_21
April Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_carya_tomentosa_15
June
Stout hairy twigs and pale terminal buds, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_carya_tomentosa_8
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_carya_tomentosa
July
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JK Marlow s050807_cd
August Greenville County SC
Usually 7 leaflets, varying in size; margins coarsely or finely toothed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow s050807_e
August Greenville County SC
Petioles pubescent, foliage aromatic when crushed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0509i_23
September Greenville County SC
Fruit up to 2" long and rounded, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Ron Lance jkm110219_646b
Month Unknown
Husk 1/4-3/8" thick, hard, freely splitting to the base. Shell angled, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carya tomentosa
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya tomentosa
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Carya tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Carya alba
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-009:
Carya tomentosa
FAMILY
Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hicoria alba
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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Habitat: forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9 leaflets, usually 7
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Staminate calyx 2-3 lobed
Inferior ovary
Staminate flowers in elongate catkins
FRUIT:
Fall
Nut
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p043
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p281
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America p216
- Landscaping with Native Trees p072
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p221
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p068
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p153
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p12
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p231
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p086