Carya ovata

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Carya ovata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Carya ovata, Koch (Hicoria ovata, Brit. C. alba, Nutt.). Shellbark-hickory. Also Little Shellbark-Hickory, although the latter name by some is applied to the preceding. Figs. 830, 831. Tree, occasionally to 120 ft.: lfts. generally 5, sessile, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, densely fimbriate, pubescent and glandular when young, glabrous at length, 4-6 in. long: fr. subglobose, about 1½-2½ in. long; nut white, oblong to broadly obovate, 4-angled; kernel sweet. From Que. to Minn., south to Fla. and Texas. S.S. 7:346-7. Em. 217. U.S.N.C. 10. A.G. 11:386, 6, 9; 387, 3; 388, 11. Gng. 7:51. A.F. 14:339.—Next to Pecan the best as a fruit tree, especially for northern states, where the pecan is not quite hardy. Several named varieties are in trade, of which probably var. Halesii, Hort., with large, thin-shelled nut, is the best known. An ornamental, often very picturesque tree; the stout branches forming a rather broad, usually somewhat open, head. Var. Nuttallii, Sarg. (C. microcarpa, Nutt. in part). Fr. smaller; nut rounded, usually obcordate, much compressed and prominently angled, about ½in. across. Mass, to Pa. and Mo. Nuttall, Silv. N. Am. 1:13. Var. fraxinifolia, Sarg. Lfts. lanceolate or nearly oblanceolate, the terminal one 5-6 in. long and l¾-2 in. wide: fr. generally smaller, ovoid, pointed, 1¼ in. long; nut long-pointed. W. N. Y. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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