Carya ovalis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyJuglandaceae
Family (Traditional)Juglandaceae
GenusCarya
Species:Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg.
Common NameRed Hickory
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: CCNMP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 5; Leaflet Number: 7; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Green; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: spike; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: No; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 0; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 0; Sepal Number: 4; Sexuality: monoecious; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 3; Stamen Number: 4; Stamen Number: 5; Stamen Number: 6; Stamen Number: 7; Stamen Number: 8; Stamen Number: 9; Stamen Number: 10; Stamen Number: 11; Stamen Number: 12; Stamen Number: 13+; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 0
C value 5
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Bracken (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Garrard (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Meade (KY), Robertson (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Woodford (KY), Cheatham (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Wayne (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1942 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0077568 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077584 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077583 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077600 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077571 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077594 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077592 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077595 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077589 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077578 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
UCHT009203 Grundy Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
APSC0016015 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016011 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016003 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016078 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
ETSU007362 Unicoi Tennessee 06 Aug 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077566 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077577 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077603 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077612 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077587 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077579 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077599 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077570 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
APSC0077165 Christian Kentucky 22 May 1984 John Macgregor
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016020 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016023 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016005 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016019 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012380 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
31234100504354 Woodford Kentucky 17 Oct 1954 Mary Wharton
8820a
EKY
Carya ovalis
ETSU005146 Unicoi Tennessee 28 Sep 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077585 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077593 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077597 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077575 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077590 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077580 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077574 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
UCHT009210 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
UCHT009202 Williamson Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
APSC0016001 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0090797 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
HTTU017691 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010808 Williamson Tennessee 08 Oct 1983 John Swanson
25
MTSU
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077581 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077602 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077609 Union Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077614 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0078158 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Carya ovalis
UCHT009209 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
APSC0083142 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016008 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016043 Robertson Kentucky 05 Jul 1999 Ross Clark
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012379 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016022 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
HTTU021308 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010802 Marshall Tennessee 23 Sep 2003 Mark Ventura
12
MTSU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010809 Williamson Tennessee
MTSU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010807 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Apr 1990 Hope Dodson
22
MTSU
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077588 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077610 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077598 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077613 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
UCHT009211 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
UCHT009207 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
APSC0016021 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0092146 Todd Kentucky 19 May 2009 Daniel Atha
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC00160017 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016017 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016014 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
MTSU010797 Tennessee Jun 20 V. Francis
MTSU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010799 Grundy Tennessee 17 Sep 1989 G. Todd Crabtreee
67
MTSU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010796 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Sep 1981 Don F. Brown
35
MTSU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010795 Sequatchie Tennessee 09 Oct 1988 Ron Farley
14
MTSU
Carya ovalis
31234100505237 Clark Kentucky 18 May 1942 Mary E. Wharton
EKY
Carya ovalis
BEREA015440 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077604 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077596 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
UCHT009204 Williamson Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
APSC0012378 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016010 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016024 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016004 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012329 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
MTSU010810 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010800 Montgomery Tennessee 20 Oct 2001 Daniel B. Reimers
39
MTSU
Carya ovalis
BRIT120322 Grundy Tennessee 29 Oct 1977 Thomas S. Patrick
523
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120653 Williamson Tennessee 26 Sep 1985 R. Kral
73036
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120327 Davidson Tennessee 27 Oct 1950 Don Caplenor
414
VDB
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077607 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077611 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077608 Union Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077591 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0192602 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077569 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
APSC0016013 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0101477 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012376 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016016 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
HTTU017688 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010803 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Oct 1979 Esther Woodward
23
MTSU
Carya ovalis
BRIT120659 Sumner Tennessee 05 Oct 1975 J. Alcorn
1073
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120660 Sumner Tennessee 30 Apr 1969 Kurt E. Blum
3265
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120651 Williamson Tennessee 02 Jul 1987 Lisa Kelly
872
VDB
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077605 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077606 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077586 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077572 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077576 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
UCHT009208 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
APSC0012330 Bracken Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012694 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0016012 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
MTSU010804 Rutherford Tennessee 06 Oct 1979 Esther Woodward
51
MTSU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010805 Rutherford Tennessee 15 Sep 1979 Jamie Jones
22
MTSU
Carya ovalis
BRIT120655 Wayne Tennessee 05 Aug 1969 R. Kral
36233
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120319 Marion Tennessee 07 Oct 1969 R. Kral
37613
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120321 Hardin Tennessee 02 Jun 1980 Ronald L. Jones
2550
VDB
Carya ovalis
ETSU018484 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Carya ovalis
ETSU026927 Hawkins Tennessee 09 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
191083
ETSU
Carya ovalis
ETSU018469 Knox Tennessee
ETSU
Carya ovalis
APSC0012375 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012692 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0050592 Williamson Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012275 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012377 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
MTSU010806 Davidson Tennessee 08 Oct 1989 Mike Bianucci
MTSU
Carya ovalis
MTSU010798 Lawrence Tennessee 02 Sep 1984 Wayne Price
24
MTSU
Carya ovalis
BRIT120324 Dickson Tennessee 02 Aug 1969 R. Kral
35927
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120067 Perry Tennessee 04 Aug 1969 R. Kral
36039
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120689 Williamson Tennessee 26 May 1988 Lisa Kelly
1774
VDB
Carya ovalis
BEREA025306 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Carya ovalis
ETSU018471 Warren Tennessee
ETSU
Carya ovalis
HTTU035489 White Tennessee
HTTU
Carya ovalis
APSC0101478 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077582 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
APSC0016018 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
APSC0012683 Van Buren Tennessee
APSC
Carya ovalis
HTTU026516 Tennessee
HTTU
Carya ovalis
UCHT030244 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
UCHT038990 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Carya ovalis
BRIT120336 Cheatham Tennessee 18 Jul 1974 R. Kral
53651
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120657 Van Buren Tennessee 27 Jul 1953 D. Caplener
s.n.
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120325 Dickson Tennessee 04 Oct 1986 Kevin H. Souza
86-673
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120654 Weakley Tennessee 12 Oct 1963 Delzie Demaree
49146
VDB
Carya ovalis
BEREA025305 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Carya ovalis
BRIT120667 Putnam Tennessee 14 Oct 1983 R. W. Simmers
s.n.
VDB
Carya ovalis
ETSU018486 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Carya ovalis
BRIT120337 Cheatham Tennessee 05 May 1964 Shirley Bethshares
63
VDB
Carya ovalis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 09 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Carya ovalis
UOS03440 Marion Tennessee 28 Apr 1969 Hopkins, S.G.
UOS
Carya ovalis
BRIT120652 Williamson Tennessee 02 Jul 1987 Lisa Kelly
875
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120331 Davidson Tennessee 03 Jun 1988 Lisa Kelly
1807
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120329 Davidson Tennessee 20 Sep 1990 R. Kral
78333
VDB
Carya ovalis
ETSU018492 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Carya ovalis
BRIT120658 Van Buren Tennessee 27 Jul 2000 D. Caplener
s.n.
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120323 Fentress Tennessee 05 Jul 1958 R. B. Channell
7341
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120332 Davidson Tennessee 18 Aug 1983 P. Somers
s.n.
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120318 Marion Tennessee 18 May 1994 Milo Pyne
94-110
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120068 Putnam Tennessee 14 Oct 1983 R. W. Simmers
120068
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120316 Marion Tennessee 18 May 1994 Milo Pyne
94-110
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120666 Robertson Tennessee 03 Sep 1982 R. Kral
68847
VDB
Carya ovalis
BRIT120678 Williamson Tennessee 25 May 1987 Lisa Kelly
499
VDB
Carya ovalis
ETSU018483 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Carya ovalis
MEM001536 Gibson Tennessee 14 Jun 1966 Edward W. Fisher
7
MEM
Carya ovalis
MEM001535 Shelby Tennessee 10 Oct 1965 Paul A. Garrett
8
MEM
Carya ovalis
APSC0016006 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077573 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
TENN-V-0077601 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carya ovalis
31234100506276 Clinton Kentucky 09 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1064
EKY
Carya ovalis
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