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Carya laciniosa |
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Shellbark Hickory, Big Shellbark Hickory, King Nut
Hickory |
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New York to Iowa, south to Tennessee and Oklahoma -
United States |
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High branching canopy with narrow, oblong crown with
lower branches drooping. |
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60 to 80 feet |
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Alternate, pinnately compound, 10 to 24”
long, 7 leaflets-rarely 5 to 9, 4 to 10” long,
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, dark
yellow-green, pubescent beneath. Leaflets do not have
hairs at tip of teeth like those of
C. ovata; stem is often orange-brown in color; |
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Similar to
C. ovata in bud, stem and bark
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Fruit is somewhat larger and nut is 4 to 6
ribbed versus 4 ribbed nut of C. ovata. |
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