Carya floridana

In natural scrub habitat, winter. © Shirley Denton

New leaves. © Shirley Denton

Scrub Hickory

Form:	Tree
Size:	15-30 (47) ft
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	Yellow,green
Fruit Color:	Green,brown
Phenology:	Deciduous
Noted for:	Fall color, Hurricane wind resistance

Recommended Uses:

Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed.

Considerations:

Nuts and leaf litter can be messy.

Propagation:

Can be grown from seed.

Availability:

Native nurseries

Light:

Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

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

Moisture Tolerance:

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:

Wildlife:

Fruits eaten by small mammals.

Insects:

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

Suitable to grow in:
9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures

Ethnobotany:

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