Carya floridana
Scrub Hickory
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 | |
Noted for: | Fall color, Hurricane wind resistance |
Landscaping
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 |
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(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ecology
Wildlife: |
Fruits eaten by small mammals. | |
Insects: |
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Native Habitats: | Sandhill, clayhill, scrub |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
Ethnobotany: | Fruit is edible but hard to get to (takes a major whack on the shell) |