Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Carya Nutt. [292]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Hickory

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Juglandaceae

family_ja: クルミ

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distribution_en: E. N. to C.America, E.Asia (few)

description_en: Genus of about 25 species of deciduous trees, mostly found in woodland in E. Asia and North America. Hickories are valued for their foliage, which is pinnate and alternate, and often colours well in autumn, and for their sometimes ornamental bark. Flowers of both sexes are borne separately on the same plant in late spring and early summer: the males are produced in branched, pendent, yellow-green catkins, the females in small, terminal green spikes. The autumn fruits are hard-shelled nuts, which in some species contain edible kernels, cultivated commercially as pecan nuts. Use hickories as specimen trees for a lawn or a woodland garden.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy except for C. illinoinensis, which tolerates only short periods below -12°C (10°F).

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in situ as soon as ripe; if sowing in a seedbed transplant seedlings as soon as possible. Graft cultivars of C. illinoinensis in winter.

pests_en: Prone to crown gall, powdery mildew, and leaf spot.

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comment:

comment_ja: ペカン(pecan)

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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