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Common name: mockernut hickory, white hickory
 
Common name: mockernut hickory, white hickory
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
Synonyms: ''Carya tomentosa'' (Lamarck) Nuttall; ''hicoria alba'' (Linnaeus) Britton<ref name=weakley>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Synonyms: ''Carya tomentosa'' (Lamarck) Nuttall; ''Carya alba'' (Linnaeus) Nuttall ex Elliott; ''hicoria alba'' (Linnaeus) Britton<ref name=weakley>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none<ref name=weakley/>
  
Varieties: none<ref name=weakley/>
 
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 14 July 2023

Carya alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Genus: Carya
Species: C. alba
Binomial name
Carya alba

Common name: mockernut hickory, white hickory

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Carya tomentosa (Lamarck) Nuttall; Carya alba (Linnaeus) Nuttall ex Elliott; hicoria alba (Linnaeus) Britton[1]

Varieties: none[1]

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

C. alba occurs in natural communities such as mixed-deciduous woodlands, annually burned savannas, longleaf pine forests, and pine sandhills. It can grow in upland or bottomland systems and on slopes.[2]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. K. Godfrey, and R. Komarek. States and counties: Florida: Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.