Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

scrub hickory

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Carya floridana

Family:

Juglandaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

15-30 (47) ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

yellow,green

Fruit Color:

green,brown

Phenology:

Deciduous. Blooms (inconspicuous) early spring. Fruits ripe in fall.

Noted For:

Hurricane Wind Resistance, Fall Color

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed.

Considerations:

Nuts and leaf litter can be messy.

Availability:

Native Nurseries

Propagation:

Can be grown from seed.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

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

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

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

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

Ecology

Wildlife:

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 .





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

Fruits eaten by small mammals. 

Native Habitats:

Sandhill, clayhill, scrub

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

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

General Comments: