PLANTS Profile for Carya alba (mockernut hickory)

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Carya alba (L.) Nutt.
mockernut hickory

Symbol:

CAAL27

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Juglandaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Carya tomentosa

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Carya alba (L.) Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Carya alba (L.) Nutt.

	CATO6	Carya tomentosa (Lam.) Nutt.
	CATOS	Carya tomentosa (Lam.) Nutt. var. subcoriacea (Sarg.) Palmer & Steyerm.
	HITO	Hicoria tomentosa (Lam.) Raf.
	JUAL5	Juglans alba L. p.p.

Distribution:
Carya alba (L.) Nutt.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Carya alba (L.) Nutt.

View 4 genera in Juglandaceae, 22 species in Carya

Classification:
Carya alba (L.) Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Juglandales
Family	Juglandaceae – Walnut family
Genus	Carya Nutt. – hickory
Species	Carya alba (L.) Nutt. – mockernut hickory

More Accounts and Images:
Carya alba (L.) Nutt.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501306.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Carya alba (L.) Nutt.

USDA Forest Service-Silvics of North America

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