Carya Nutt. (hickory), leaves and fruit
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digital color photograph
Born digital
Photographic image
2005 – 2012
Carya Nutt. (hickory), image shows light green leaves, leaves are alternate pinnately compound 6-10" (up to 15") long composed of 7 (sometimes 5 or 9) leaflets each being 3-6" long by 0.75-2.5" wide ovate to lanceolate acuminate sharply serrate light green and glabrous above pubescent below on midrib and veins, petiole and rachis are pubescent, fruits are bony hard-shelled nuts encased in a 4-valved husk often splitting away but in some species persisting, usually ripening and falling in October
