Common Name: WALNUT FAMILY Habit: Shrub, tree; monoecious. Leaf: odd-(even-)1-pinnate, alternate, deciduous; stipules 0. Inflorescence: catkin, generally appearing before leaves, 1 or clustered; flowers generally 1 in bract axils. Staminate Inflorescence: pendent, elongate, many-flowered, on last year's twigs. Pistillate Inflorescence: erect; flowers 1--many, at tip of new twigs. Staminate Flower: calyx [0 or] lobes generally 4 [2, 6]; petals 0; stamens 3--40[50]; pistil 0 or vestigial. Pistillate Flower: calyx [0] or lobes 4; petals 0; stamens 0; ovary 1, inferior, chamber 1 above, generally 2 below, styles 2, plumose. Fruit: nut enclosed in husk or winged nutlets. Genera In Family: 9 genera, > 60 species: northern temperate, subtropical mountains; some ornamental, cultivated for wood, nuts (Carya hickory, pecan; Juglans walnut). Note: In Carya, Juglans, husk included in fruit diam, even though derived from involucre, calyx, and therefore not technically part of fruit. eFlora Treatment Author: Alan T. Whittemore Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: HICKORY Stem: Bark furrowed in age, gray; twig centers not chambered; buds scaly. Pistillate Inflorescence: flowers 1--few; in fruit erect. Pistillate Flower: styles short. Fruit: husk enclosing 1--3 unwinged nuts, splitting longitudinally, separating from fruit. Etymology: (Greek: nut)
Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch
NATURALIZED Habit: Tree to 45 m. Stem: bark shallowly to deeply furrowed; terminal buds 6--7 mm, brown, scales valvate. Leaf: leaflets (7)9--13, lanceolate, 110--160 mm, 28--43 mm wide, sickle-shaped, acuminate. Staminate Inflorescence: +- sessile. Fruit: 3--4 cm, 1.5--2 cm diam, elliptic to +- cylindric, with four low wings along sutures; shell smooth. Ecology: Riparian forest, watercourse margins; Elevation: < 600 m. Bioregional Distribution: SnJV, SCo; Distribution Outside California: eastern Texas, Louisiana to Illinois, Indiana. Flowering Time: Apr--May Unabridged Note: See ICPN for discussion of variant spellings of epithet. Jepson eFlora Author: Alan T. Whittemore Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Carya Next taxon: Juglans
Citation for this treatment: Alan T. Whittemore 2012, Carya illinoinensis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=17995, accessed on April 18, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 18, 2024.
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