NameThatPlant.net: Carya tomentosa

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

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

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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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-009:

Carya tomentosa FAMILY Juglandaceae

COMMON NAME:
Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-009:
Carya tomentosa FAMILY Juglandaceae

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9 leaflets, usually 7
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 2-3 lobed
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

Staminate flowers in elongate catkins

FRUIT:
Fall
Nut

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