PLANTS Profile for Carya glabra (pignut hickory)

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Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet
pignut hickory

Symbol:

CAGL8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Juglandaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

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Synonyms:
Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

CAGLG2	Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. glabra	pignut hickory
CAGLH	Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. hirsuta (Ashe) Ashe	pignut hickory
CAGLM	Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. megacarpa (Sarg.) Sarg.	pignut hickory
CALE32	Carya leiodermis Sarg.
CAMA41	Carya magnifloridana Murrill
CAMI33	Carya microcarpa (Nutt.) Britton
CAOVH	Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. hirsuta (Ashe) Sarg.
CAOVH2	Carya ×ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. hirsuta (Ashe) B. Boivin, nom. illeg.
HIAU3	Hicoria austrina Small
HIGL	Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britton
HIGLH	Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britton var. hirsuta Ashe

Distribution:
Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet


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

Related Taxa:
Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

View 4 genera in Juglandaceae, 22 species in Carya

Classification:
Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

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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 glabra (Mill.) Sweet – pignut hickory

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACU

FACU-

FACU

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More Accounts and Images:
Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 19231.

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

USDA Forest Service-Silvics of North America

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