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The tree is cultivated for its seed primarily in the U.S. states of Georgia, [3] New Mexico, [4] and Texas, [5] and in Mexico. The seed is an edible nut used as a snack and in various recipes, such as praline candy and pecan pie. The pecan is the state nut of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Texas, and Louisiana, and is also the state tree of Texas.
Carya aquatica, the bitter pecan or water hickory, is a large tree, that can grow over 30 metres (98 ft) tall of the Juglandaceae or walnut family. In the American South it is a dominant plant species found on clay flats and backwater areas near streams and rivers. The species reproduces aggressively both by seed and sprouts from roots and from ...
The nine or ten genera in the family have a total of around 50 species, [3] and include the commercially important nut-producing trees walnut (Juglans), pecan (Carya illinoinensis), and hickory (Carya). The Persian walnut, Juglans regia, is one of the major nut crops of the world.
Pecan tree diseases (13 P) P. Pecan (2 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Carya" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
The pecan weevil, Curculio caryae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an obligate feeder on the nuts of North American hickories and pecans (Carya species), most widely recognized as an economically important pest of the pecan, Carya illinoinensis (Fagales: Juglandaceae).
Carya illinoensis: Carya illinoinensis: Pecan Nut: Ġewża tal-Pekan [247] Casuarina cunninghamiana: Casuarina tenuissima: Australian River Oak [248] Casuarina equisetifolia: Casuarina litorea: She-Oak: Kaswarina [249] Casuarina verticillata: Casuarina stricta: Drooping She-Oak: Kaswarina [250] Catabrosa aquatica: Aira aquatica: Whorl-Grass ...
A hican is a tree resulting from a cross between a pecan and some other type of hickory (members of the genus Carya) - or the nut from such a hybrid tree.. Such crosses often occur naturally while most such hybrids produce unfilled nuts or have other serious flaws.
Carya ovata fruit Mature fruit Carya ovata spring leaf cluster Phylloxera caryaeglobuli galls on C. ovata leaves. The nuts are edible [15] with an excellent flavor. They are unsuitable for commercial or orchard production due to the long time it takes for a tree to produce sizable crops and unpredictable output from year to year.