Plants Profile for Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)

General Information
Symbol:	CACO15
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Juglandaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Tree
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, MO, Saint Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden. October 14, 2002. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, GA, Savannah. Usage Requirements.

W.D. Brush. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, DC, Washington. Usage Requirements.

T.C. Nelson. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, GA. 1959. Usage Requirements.

O.W. Price. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, TN, Sowanee. Usage Requirements.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 580. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CACOL3	Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch var. latifolia Sarg.
HICO5	Hicoria cordiformis (Wangenh.) Britton

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Juglandales
Family	Juglandaceae – Walnut family
Genus	Carya Nutt. – hybrid hickory
Species	Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch – bitternut hickory

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Maine bitternut hickory Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain
Western Gulf Coast	FACU

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC