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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Juglandaceae

SPECIES

Carya - [maps | photos]

  • Carya aquatica (Michx. f.) Nutt.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: water hickory, bitter pecan
  • Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: bitternut hickory
  • Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: pignut hickory, red hickory
    Synonyms:
             • Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg.
             • Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet var. odorata (Marsh.) Little
             • Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg.
             • Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet var. odorata (Marsh.) Little
  • Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
    Common Name: big shellbark hickory, kingnut
             • Carya carolinae-septentrionalis (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn.
  • Carya tomentosa (Lam. ex Poir.) Nutt.
    Common Name: mockernut hickory
    Synonyms:
             • Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell.

Juglans - [maps | photos]

  • Juglans cinerea L. (TN Threatened)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
    Common Name: butternut, white walnut
  • Juglans nigra L.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: black walnut

*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee
All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.

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