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Walnut Family

Jaglandaceae - Walnut family

Native Pecan Carya illinoinensis

Tree shown is about 40 feet tall with a 2 1/2 foot wide trunk.  Nut is incased in a tough outer "skin" that is about 1" long.  The pecan shell is 1/2" to 3/4" long.  This is the tiny variety that everyone loves to eat but hates to shell.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, July 2004

(Native of Texas)

Jaglandaceae - Walnut family

(one of the many cultivated Pecans ) Carya illinoinensis

Tree shown is about 20 feet tall (young).  Trunks can grow several feet wide.  Nut is incased in a tough outer "skin" that is about 1 1/2" long.  (squirrel planted)

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, July 2004

(Native of Texas)

Juglandaceae - Walnut family

Hickory Carya sp.

Photos taken in Van Zandt County, Texas, November 2006

(Native of east Texas)

Hunting Similar Species

keys out to   Pignut Hickory Carya glabra (Carya leiodermis)

(Native of Texas, Carya glabra - 4 spread out counties, not in the area of Van Zandt)

(Native of Texas, Carya leiodermis - only four counties, Smith but not Van Zandt)

bark looks like   Mockernut Hickory (White Hickory) Carya alba (Carya tomentosa)

(Native of Texas, Carya alba - only three counties, not in the area of Van Zandt)

(Native of Texas, Carya tomentosa - widespread in east Texas, in Smith but not Van Zandt)

x   Black Hickory (Buckleys Hickory) Carya texana (Carya buckleyi)

(Native of Texas, widespread in east and SE Texas, surrounding but not in Smith or Van Zandt)

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