Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Juglandaceae

Carya - [maps | photos]

• Carya aquatica (Michx. f.) Nutt.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bitter pecan

• Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: bitternut hickory

• Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet
  NWI 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 illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: pecan

• Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: kingnut

• Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch var. australis (Ashe) Little
  Common Name: Carolina hickory
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carya carolinae-septentrionalis (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn.

• Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch var. ovata
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: shagbark hickory

• Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn.
  Common Name: sand hickory

• Carya tomentosa (Lam. ex Poir.) Nutt.
  Common Name: mockernut hickory
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell.

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*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.

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