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Carya ovata var. ovata (northern shagbark hickory) has its largest leaflets over 20 cm (8 in) long and nuts 3–4 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) long. Carya ovata var. australis (southern shagbark hickory or Carolina hickory) has its largest leaflets under 20 cm (8 in) long and nuts 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) long.
Carya laciniosa, the shellbark hickory, in the Juglandaceae or walnut family is also called kingnut, big, bottom, thick, or western shellbark, attesting to some of its characteristics. It is a slow-growing, long-lived tree, hard to transplant because of its long taproot, and subject to insect damage.
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory) [58] Mature specimens can be identified by the peeling bark. It grows well in humid climates. This species and Carya glabra account for much of the supply of hickory wood in the US. Uses: timber; palatable food, pulpwood, sap resins. [59] All but FL
Hickory (Carya) Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) Hornbeam (Carpinus spp.) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Ipê (Handroanthus spp.) Iroko, African teak (Milicia excelsa) Ironwood. Balau (Shorea spp.) American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Carya ovata (Miller) K. Koch var. ovata [1]: 75 Shagbark Hickory: Piedmont to south-west Coastal Plain: G5 - Secure: Juglandaceae: Carya pallida (Ashe) Engelm. & Graebner [1]: 76–77 Sand Hickory: Scattered state-wide, more often in highlands or Piedmont: Least Concern: Juglandaceae: Carya tomentosa (Poiret) Nutt. [1]: 77–78 Mockernut ...
The current oak–hickory forest includes the former range of the oak–chestnut forest region, which encompassed the northeast portion of the current oak–hickory range. When the American chestnut population succumbed to invasive fungal blight in the early 20th century, those forests shifted to an oak and hickory dominated ecosystem.
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Carya laciniosa: shellbark hickory Juglandaceae (walnut family) Yes IUCN (LC) 45 Carya myristiciformis: nutmeg hickory Juglandaceae (walnut family) Yes Yes Yes Yes IUCN (LC) 46 Carya ovata: shagbark hickory Juglandaceae (walnut family) Yes IUCN (LC) 47 Carya pallida: sand hickory Juglandaceae (walnut family) Yes IUCN (LC) 41 Carya texana: black ...