Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Carya Laciniosa

Size:

100' tall

Leaves:

alternate, odd-pinnately compound, 15"-22" long with 7-9 (rarely 5) toothed leaflets, frequently persisting on tree into the winter

Flowers:

inconspicuous

Fruit:

very large (largest of all hickories), heavy-husked, nearly round; nut angled, flattened, heavy-shelled with tasty edible kernel

Fall Interest:

yellow-brown; deciduous

Culture:

sun to partial sun; deep, fertile, moist to wet soil

Disease/Insect:

Use:

moth host plant, such as for the luna moth and the regal moth whose caterpillar is called hickory horned devil; heavy, hard, tough, strong wood for tool handles, construction, furniture; inner bark used by Native Americans and settlers for cane work such as baskets

Cultivars:

Notes:

bark light gray and separating into long strips only slightly attached, with the ends usually straight rather than curving away from the trunk, providing roost sites for some bats; native to Arkansas