Plants Profile for Carya laciniosa (shellbark hickory)

General Information
Symbol:	CALA21
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Juglandaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Tree
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, WV, Keyser. Usage Requirements.

W.J. Beal. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, MI, Morenci. 1901. Usage Requirements.

A.T. Boisen. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, IN, Orange Co. 1907. Usage Requirements.

A.T. Boisen. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, OH, Defiance Co. 1907. Usage Requirements.

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

Doug Goldman. Provided by USDA NRCS National Plants Data Team (NPDT). United States, NC, Durham Co., Durham. September 21, 2012. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 582. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
HILA7	Hicoria laciniosa (Michx. f.) Sarg.

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 laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don – shellbark hickory

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Maryland big shellbark hickory Endangered
New York big shellbark hickory Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain
Western Gulf Coast	FAC

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