Common Name:

scrub hickory

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Carya floridana

Family:

Juglandaceae

Form:

tree

Size:

15-30 (47) ft

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

yellow, green

Fruit Color:

green, brown

Phenology:

deciduous; blooms (inconspicuous) in early spring, with fruits ripening in fall

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed.

Considerations:

Nuts and leaf litter can be messy.

Availability:

Propagation:

seed

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

acidic to circum-neutral

Suitable to Grow In:

9A, 9B, 10A, 10B

Wildlife:

Fruits eaten by small mammals.

Larval host for many moths including; luna moth (Actias luna), hickory leafroller moth (Argyrotaenia juglandana), royal walnut moth (Citheronia regalis), and walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis).

The species is wind pollinated, but the honeybee has been observed collecting pollen from the catkins (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Native Habitats:

Sandhill, clayhill, scrub

Natural Range in Florida:

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Ethnobotany:

Fruit is edible but hard to get to (takes a major whack on the shell).

General Comments: