Carya ovata var. ovata
EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Carya ovata var. fraxinifolia Sargent Carya ovata var. nuttallii Sargent Carya ovata var. pubescens
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Trees, to 46 m. Twigs greenish, reddish, or grayish brown, normally retaining color on drying, stout, hirsute. Terminal buds tan to dark-brown, 9-18 mm, tomentose. Leaves 3-6 dm; petiole 5-13 cm, hirsute. Leaflets 6-26 × 3-14 cm, terminal petiolules 5-17 mm; blades abaxially hirsute, with small irregular, round, and 4-lobed peltate scales. Staminate catkins to 13 cm. Fruits 3.5-4 × 3.5-4 cm; husks 4-15 mm thick. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Wet bottomlands, rocky hillsides, and limestone outcrops
Elevation: 0-1400 m
Distribution
Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."broad" is not a number.
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hirsute +
acute;acuminate +
furrowed +
separating +
light gray +
ridged +
hirsute +
not falcate;elliptic;obovate;elliptic;obovate;ovate +
fused +
imbricate +
absent +
staminate +
fasciculate +
pendulous +
elongate +
absent +
oily +
lobed +
fleshy +
largest +
Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. + and Wis. +
curling +
absent +
absent +
pistillate +
unisexual +
brown;reddish-brown +
unicellular +
fasciculate +
scattered +
fused +
dehiscing +
Present +
large +
odd-pinnate +
alternate +
petiolulate +
serrate +
weathering +
tan +
rugulose +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
absent +
hirsute +
solid +
homogeneous +
broad +
Dendrologie +
1869 +
peltate +
irregular +
concentrated +
few-to-many +
small +
glabrous +
sweet +
thick +
3;10 +
plumose +
fleshy +
absent +
broad +
irregular +
scattered +
hirsute +
round +
small +
Carya ovata var. ovata +
Carya ovata +
variety +
tan;dark-brown +
tomentose +
ovoid +
larger +
few-flowered +
younger +
stout +
hirsute +
terete +
deciduous +