Carya floridana

rdf:langString Carya floridana

rdf:langString Scrub hickory

rdf:langString Carya

rdf:langString Compound leaf of the scrub hickory

rdf:langString Carya sect. Carya

rdf:langString Carya floridana range map 1.png

rdf:langString Natural range of Carya floridana

rdf:langString floridana

rdf:langString Carya floridana (syn. Hicoria floridana) the scrub hickory, is a tree native to the Southeast United States, where it is endemic in central Florida. Although it can grow to the height of 25 m (80 ft), many specimens are seen as shrubs 3–5 m tall with many small trunks. The leaves are 20–30 cm long, pinnate, with three to seven leaflets, each leaflet 4–10 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with a coarsely toothed margin. The fruit is a nut 3–4 cm long and 2-2.5 cm diameter, with a thick, hard shell and a sweet, edible seed. It is geographically separated from the similar black hickory (Carya texana). The scrub hickory intergrades with the pignut hickory (Carya glabra) where ranges overlap. The seeds require stratification to germinate.