Carya floridana
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 9A 9B
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Scrub Hickory
Juglandaceae
Plant Specifics
| 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. | |
| Habitats: | Sandhill, clayhill, scrub |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| 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 Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildlife
Fruits eaten by small 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).