Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Carya tomentosa

mockernut hickory
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

mockernut hickory

Sinónimo(s):

Carya alba

Especie del género:

Carya tomentosa

Familia:

Juglandaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

60-80 (90) ft tall by 40-50 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

deciduous

Destacado por:

Fall Color

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Large shade tree. Plant where falling/fallen nuts will not be a problem.

Consideraciones:

Plant where nut and leaf litter will not be a problem.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Seed. Difficult to transplant unless done when small enough not to impact the top root.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Somewhat long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Acidic to neutral

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, 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.

Small mammals (squirrels and other rodents) consume nuts. 

Hábitats nativos:

Dry hammocks, dry hardwood forests

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Nuts are edible. The wood is prized for furniture, flooring, tool handles, baseball bats, skis, and veneer. Hickory wood has a very high fuel value, both as firewood and as charcoal, and is the preferred wood for smoking hams.

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. Honkala [Technical coordinators]. (1990). Silvics of North America: Volume 2. Hardwoods. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 654. ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1548 ). Accessed 2025.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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