View source for Carya pallida

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Carya pallida
|accepted_authority=(Ashe) Engler & Graebner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, App.
|place=9: 19. 1902
|year=1902
}}
|common_names=Sand hickory
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hicoria pallida
|authority=Ashe
|rank=species
|publication_title=Gard. &amp; Forest
|publication_place=10: 304-306, ill. 1897
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juglandaceae;Carya;Carya pallida
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juglandaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carya]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carya pallida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> to 29 m. <b>Bark</b> dark gray, ridged, often deeply furrowed. <b>Twigs</b> reddish brown, slender, slightly scaly, sometimes pubescent. <b>Terminal</b> buds reddish brown, ovoid, 4-11 mm, sparsely to densely scaly; outer bud scales with coarse hairs on midribs, bud scales imbricate; axillary buds protected by bracteoles fused into hood. <b>Leaves</b> 3-6 dm; petiole 3-10 cm, rachis sparingly hirsute near base, densely hirsute and scaly distally. <b>Leaflets</b> (5-)7(-9), lateral petiolules 0-1 mm, terminal petiolules 2-5 mm; blades ovate to obovate or elliptic, not falcate, 2-15 × 1-6 cm, margins finely to coarsely serrate, apex acuminate; surfaces abaxially hirsute toward base of midrib, otherwise without hairs or rarely hirsute with unicellular and 2-8-rayed fasciculate hairs, abundant large peltate scales and small 4-lobed, irregular, and round peltate scales imparting silvery tan color, adaxially glabrous except for dense fasciculate hairs at base near leaf insertions, moderately to densely scaly in spring. <b>Staminate</b> catkins pedunculate, to 13 cm, stalks hirsute, scaly, bracts scaly, hirsute at apex; anthers hirsute. <b>Fruits</b> tan to reddish brown, obovoid to spheric or ellipsoid, slightly compressed, 3-4 × 2-3 cm; husks rough, 2-4 mm thick, dehiscing to middle or base, sutures smooth; nuts tan, obovoid to spheric or ellipsoid, slightly compressed, not angled, rugulose; shells thick. <b>Seeds</b> sweet.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Well-drained sandy or rocky soils on bluffs, ridges, rolling hills, and dry woods
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Carya pallida</i> occurs principally east of the Mississippi River. It seems to intergrade with <i>C. texana</i> in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, and it may hybridize with <i>C. glabra</i>.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carya pallida
|authority=(Ashe) Engler & Graebner
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Hicoria pallida
|family=Juglandaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Well-drained sandy or rocky soils on bluffs, ridges, rolling hills, and dry woods
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, App.
|publication year=1902
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_89.xml
|genus=Carya
|species=Carya pallida
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Carya]]