§1 Plant
Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg.
vernacular red 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 526 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 526 counties across 26 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Carroll 05015
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Jefferson 05069
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Miller 05091
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- McLean 17113
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Jackson 18071
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Miami 18103
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Spencer 18147
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bell 21013
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Owen 21187
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Trigg 21221
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cedar 29039
- Cooper 29053
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Ashe 37009
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Henderson 37089
- Macon 37113
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Stanly 37167
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Wake 37183
Ohio view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Belmont 39013
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Blair 42013
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Luzerne 42079
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Halifax 51083
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northumberland 51133
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Westmoreland 51193
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAOV3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3054334 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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