NameThatPlant.net: Carya carolinae-septentrionalis

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

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

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Read more about Carolina Shagbark Hickory at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-005:

Carya carolinae-septentrionalis FAMILY Juglandaceae

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Shagbark Hickory, Southern Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-02-005:
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis FAMILY Juglandaceae

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Upland flats, especially those weathered from mafic rocks and with shrink-swell soils dominated by montmorillonitic clays, less typically on slopes and bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon to rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5 leaflets
Alternate

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

Staminate flowers in elongate catkins

FRUIT:
Fall
Nut

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