Carya ovalis (Wang.) Sarg. (red hickory), close-up of leaf, fall color
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Carya ovalis (Wang.) Sarg. (red hickory), close-up of leaf, fall color


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digital color photograph
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2005 – 2012
Carya ovalis (Wang.) Sarg. (red hickory), image shows a leaf in fall color, leaves are are pinnately compound typically producing 5-9 leaflets (7 being the most common), terminal leaflet is often the largest with the auxiliary leaflets decreasing in size from the tip to the base of the rachis, leaflets are broadest above or at their median length with finely serrated margins dark green and smooth or glaucous above and paler and finely pubescent underneath, rachis of the leaves are usually bright red or purple in color 
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