familyJuglandaceae
genusCarya
speciesCarya ovata
varietyCarya ovata var. australis

Carya ovata var. australis

(Ashe) Little

Phytologia 19: 188. 1969.

Donald E. Stone
Common names: Carolina hickory
Endemic
Basionym: Carya australis Ashe Bull. Charleston Mus. 14: 12. 1918
Synonyms: Carya carolinae-septentrionalis (Ashe) Engler & Graebner
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Trees, to 39 m. Twigs reddish-brown, often turning black by fall or upon drying, slender, glabrous. Terminal buds reddish-brown to black, ovoid, 6-15 mm, mainly glabrous. Leaves 2-3 dm; petiole 4-12 cm, mainly glabrous. Leaflets 4-19 × 1-6.5 cm, terminal petiolules 3-12 mm; blades abaxially with a few hairs, and with small 2-lobed and 4-lobed peltate scales. Staminate catkins to 6 cm. Fruits 2.5-3 × 2.5-3 cm; husks 5-8 mm thick.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Wet bottomlands, rocky hillsides, and limestone outcrops
Elevation: 150-200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."broad" is not a number.

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Anther pubescence
hirsute +
Apex shape
acute;acuminate +
Author
Donald E. Stone +
Authority
(Ashe) Little +
Bark architecture
furrowed +
Bark architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Bark arrangement
separating +
Bark coloration
light gray +
Bark relief
exfoliating +  and fissured +
Bark shape
ridged +
Basionyms
Carya australis +
Blade length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (26 cm260 mm <br />0.26 m <br />) +
Blade shape
not falcate;elliptic;obovate;elliptic;obovate;ovate +
Blade width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Bract quantity
1 +
Bracteole arrangement or dehiscence
valvate +
Bracteole atypical quantity
0 (2) +
Bracteole bud fusion
fused +
Bracteole quantity
2 +
Bud-scale arrangement
imbricate +
Bud-scale pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Calyx presence
absent +
Calyx shape
4-lobed +  and 2-6-lobed +
Catkin architecture
staminate +
Catkin architecture or arrangement
fasciculate +
Catkin architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Catkin orientation
pendulous +
Catkin quantity
3 (?) +
Catkin shape
elongate +
Catkin some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Common name
Carolina hickory +
Corolla presence
absent +
Cotyledon coating
oily +
Cotyledon shape
lobed +
Cotyledon texture
fleshy +
Distal leaflet length
2cm (26cm) +
Distal leaflet size
largest +
Distal leaflet width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Distribution
Ala. +, Ga. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Tenn. +
Elevation
150-200 m +
End course
curling +
Endosperm presence
absent +
Fall coloration
black +
Filament height or length or size
short +
Filament presence
absent +
Flower architecture
pistillate +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +
Fruit coloration
brown;reddish-brown +
Fruit length
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Fruit shape
not compressed +, spheric +  and depressed-spheric +
Fruit width
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Fruits nut shape
not compressed +  and compressed +
Habitat
Wet bottomlands, rocky hillsides, and limestone outcrops +
Hair architecture
unicellular +
Hair architecture or arrangement
fasciculate +
Hair arrangement
scattered +
Hair quantity
few +
Hair size
major +
Hood fusion
fused +
Husk dehiscence
dehiscing +
Husk pubescence or relief
rough +
Husk thickness
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Involucre dehiscence
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
Involucre texture
hard +  and fibrous-fleshy +
Lateral petiolule some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Leaf-scar shape
3-lobed +  and shield--shaped +
Leaf-scar size
large +
Leaf architecture
odd-pinnate +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf odor
aromatic +
Leaflet architecture
petiolulate +
Leaflet atypical quantity
5 (7) +
Leaflet length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (19 cm190 mm <br />0.19 m <br />) +
Leaflet quantity
5 (?) +
Leaflet width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
Margin architecture or shape
serrate +
Margin condition
weathering +
Margin quantity
Few (?) +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Nut coloration
tan +
Nut relief
rugulose +
Nut shape
4-angled +, compressed +, ellipsoid +, obovoid +  and ovoid +
Nut size
large +
Ovary architecture
2-carpellate +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovary quantity
1 +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Petiole presence
absent +
Petiole pubescence
glabrous +
Petiole some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering spring. +
Pith architecture
solid +
Pith variability
homogeneous +
Plate length or size
long +
Plate width
broad +
Publication title
Phytologia +
Publication year
1969 +
Rachis pubescence
glabrous +  and hirsute +
Reference
None +
Scale architecture
peltate +
Scale arrangement or density
concentrated +
Scale quantity
few-to-many +
Scale shape
4-lobed +  and 2-lobed +
Scale size
small +
Secondary-vein pubescence
glabrous +
Seed quantity
1 +
Seed taste
sweet +
Shell width
thick +
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Special status
Endemic +
Stamen atypical quantity
10 (15) +
Stamen quantity
3;10 +
Stigma quantity
2 +
Stigma shape
plumose +
Stigma texture
fleshy +
Stipule presence
absent +
Strip length or size
long +
Strip width
broad +
Surface architecture or course
irregular +
Surface arrangement
scattered +
Surface pubescence
hirsute +
Surface shape
round +
Surface size
small +
Suture architecture
winged +  and smooth +
Suture architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Synonyms
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis +
Taxon family
Juglandaceae +
Taxon name
Carya ovata var. australis +
Taxon parent
Carya ovata +
Taxon rank
variety +
Terminal bud coloration
reddish-brown;black +
Terminal bud pubescence
glabrous +
Terminal bud shape
ovoid +
Terminal bud size
larger +
Terminal bud some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Terminal petiolule some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Terminal spike architecture
few-flowered +
Tree life cycle
younger +
Twig coloration
reddish-brown +
Twig pubescence
glabrous +
Twig shape
terete +
Twig size
slender +
Vein size
major +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Whole organism duration
deciduous +
Whole organism growth form
tree +
Whole organism some measurement
0m (39m) +
X chromosome quantity
16 +