Plants Profile for Carya ovalis (red hickory)

General Information
Symbol:	CAOV3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Juglandaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Tree
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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W.D. Brush. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, DC, Washington. Usage Requirements.

W.R. Mattoon. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, MD, Frederick Co. 1940. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CAGLO	Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. odorata (Marshall) Little
CAOVM	Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. mollis (Ashe) Sudw.
CAOVO	Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. obcordata (Muhl. & Willd.) Sarg.
CAOVO4	Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. obovalis Sarg.
CAOVO2	Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. odorata (Marshall) Sarg.
CAOVO3	Carya ×ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. odorata (Marshall) B. Boivin, nom. illeg.
HIOV	Hicoria ovalis (Wangenh.) Ashe

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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. – hybrid hickory
Species	Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. – red hickory

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU