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Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes 19 species accepted by Plants of the World Online. [3] Seven species are native to southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India , and twelve are native to North America. A number of hickory species are used for their edible nuts or for their wood.
Gould's Ecoregions of Texas (1960). [1] These regions approximately correspond to the EPA's level 3 ecoregions. [2] The following is a list of widely known trees and shrubs found in Texas. [3] [4] [5] Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order by family. [6]
Other important trees include the overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) which can grow in and around standing water, sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica), water hickory (Carya aquatica), and red maple (Acer rubrum), often with a dense mid-story of ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana).
Another native Texas plant, this one lines Interstate 45 on the way to Houston and all through Southeast Texas. It has small, spineless leaves on plants that grow to 15 to 20 feet tall and 12 to ...
Key indicator tree and shrub species of the oak–hickory forest include red oak, black oak, scarlet oak, white oak, Chestnut oak (Quercus montana), Pignut hickory (Carya glabra), Bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis), Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), blueberry, Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), and hawthorn.
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Carya texana (called black hickory for its dark colored bark, or Texas hickory) is a North American tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae. It is endemic to the United States , found primarily in the southern Great Plains and the Lower Mississippi Valley .
For the past 30 years I’ve boiled my list of recommended large shade trees for North Central Texas down to seven: live oak, Shumard red oak, Chinquapin oak, bur oak, pecan, cedar elm and Chinese ...