Carya glabra var. odorata
Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Carya ovalis
- Phonetic Spelling
- KAIR-yuh GLAY-bruh oh-dor-AY-tuh
- Description
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Red Hickory is large deciduous shade tree in the walnut family. It prefers full sun in well-drained soil with a sandy substrate.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Carya
- Species:
- glabra
- Family:
- Juglandaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Southeastern U.S.A., NC
- Distribution:
- Found in Maine south to FL west to LA and OK north through Missouri, IO, east through WI and MI
- Wildlife Value:
- This plant supports Hickory Horndevil (Citheronia regalis) larvae which have one brood and appear from May to mid-September. Adult Hickory Horndevil moths do not feed. Squirrels eat the nuts. Larval host plant to the Luna moth.
- Play Value:
- Edible fruit
- Wildlife Food Source
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Native Plant
- Tree
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Fruit Value To Gardener:
- Edible
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Fruit Type:
- Nut
- Fruit Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Fruit Description:
- Nearly globose 1-1.5 inch thin husked nut.
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Flowers:
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Catkin
- Insignificant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- Male flowers are spikes of light-green six-stellate flowers from May to June. Stems are reddish in color. The female flowers are bizarre-looking, with a tuft of sticky green tissue emerging from a swollen base individually or in groups of 2-3 at the ends of new twigs.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Lanceolate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- Yes
- Leaf Length:
- > 6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Compound leaves have 5-9 lanceolate and finely serrated leaflets. Leaves are dark green on the upper surface and lighter with fine hairs underneath.
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Bark:
- Bark Color:
- Dark Gray
- Surface/Attachment:
- Shaggy
- Smooth
- Bark Description:
- Smooth finely shaggy developing obvious close interlacing shaggy bark.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Lawn
- Naturalized Area
- Landscape Theme:
- Edible Garden
- Nighttime Garden
- Pollinator Garden
- Design Feature:
- Shade Tree
- Attracts:
- Moths
- Pollinators
- Small Mammals