Carya floridana
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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. Blooms (inconspicuous) early spring. Fruits ripe in fall. | |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Acidic to circum-neutral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| 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 |
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). |