Index / Search / Carya laciniosa
§1 Plant
Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don
vernacular shellbark hickory — species · Juglandaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Juglandaceae DC. ex Perleb
- Genus
- Carya
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 492 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -22 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 150 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–6.6
- Root depth
- 60 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 100 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 35 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 30
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 492 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Rush 18139
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tipton 18159
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Linn 20107
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Sedgwick 20173
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 91 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Graves 21083
- Green 21087
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Lawrence 21127
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Simpson 21213
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Daviess 29061
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Osage 29151
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Wayne 29223
New York view state ↗ 14 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dyer 47045
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALA21 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7915743 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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