Carya ovata var. australis (Ashe) Little

Variety

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Characteristics

Trees , to 39 m. Twigs reddish brown, often turning black by fall or upon drying, slender, glabrous. Terminal buds reddish brown to black, ovoid, 6-15 mm, mainly glabrous. Leaves 2-3 dm; petiole 4-12 cm, mainly glabrous. Leaflets 4-19 × 1-6.5 cm, terminal petiolules 3-12 mm; blades abaxially with a few hairs, and with small 2-and 4-lobed peltate scales. Staminate catkins to 6 cm. Fruits 2.5-3 × 2.5-3 cm; husks 5-8 mm thick.
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A tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

The large sweet nuts are eaten.
Uses wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Carya ovata var. australis world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1077357-2
WFO ID wfo-0000588817
COL ID RHRZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Carya carolinae-septentrionalis Carya australis Hicorius australis Hicoria australis Carya ovalis var. australis Carya ovalis subsp. australis Carya ovata var. australis Carya ovata subsp. australis Carya ovata var. carolinae-septentrionalis Hicoria carolinae-septentrionalis var. australis Carya ovalis var. carolinae-septentrionlis