Carya aquatica

(F. Michaux) Elliott

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 222. 1818.

Common names: Water hickory bitter pecan
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Juglans aquatica F. Michaux Hist. Arbr. Forest. 1(2): 182, plate 5. 1810
Synonyms: Hicoria aquatica (F. Michaux) Britton
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Trees, to 46 m. Bark light gray or brownish, exfoliating, separating freely into long strips or broad plates, less commonly with small platelike scales. Twigs brown to reddish brown or black, slender, villous becoming glabrous. Terminal buds brown, reddish brown, or black, oblong, 8-10 mm, yellow-scaly, villous; bud scales valvate; axillary buds protected by bracteoles fused into hood. Leaves 4-6 dm; petiole 3-8 cm, villous becoming glabrous. Leaflets (5-)9-11(-13), lateral petiolules 0-2 mm, terminal petiolules (2-)6-10(-14) mm; blades ovate-lanceolate, often falcate, 2-19 × 1-4 cm, margins finely or coarsely serrate to entire and wavy, without tufts of hairs, apex acuminate; surfaces abaxially villous with unicellular and 2-8-rayed fasciculate hairs along midrib and secondary veins, densely scaly in spring with large peltate scales and small round, irregular, and 4-lobed peltate scales, adaxially villous along midrib near base, glabrous between veins. Staminate catkins pedunculate, to 21 cm, stalks villous, bracts scaly; anthers without hairs. Fruits brown, bronze, or black, obovoid, compressed, 1.5-3 × 1.5-2.5 cm; husks rough, 1 mm thick, dehiscing to base or nearly so, sutures winged; nuts chocolate brown, broadly obovoid, compressed, 2-angled, verrucose; shells thin. Seeds bitter. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Bayous, river flood plains, bluffs, and levees, temporarily flooded bottomlands
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Carya aquatica hybridizes with C. illinoinensis (C. ×lecontei Little [= Hicoria texana Le Conte]) and is reported to hybridize with the tetraploid C. texana [C. ×ludoviciana (Ashe) Little].

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Donald E. Stone +
(F. Michaux) Elliott +
Juglans aquatica +
Water hickory +  and bitter pecan +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0-200 m +
Bayous, river flood plains, bluffs, and levees, temporarily flooded bottomlands +
Flowering spring. +
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
Hicoria aquatica +
Carya aquatica +
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