Carya ovalis (Wang.) Sarg. (red hickory), growth habit, tree form, fall color
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digital color photograph
Born digital
Photographic image
2005 – 2012
Carya ovalis (Wang.) Sarg. (red hickory), image shows a medium-large Red Hickory in fall color, generally encountered as a medium-size tree, capable of growing to 100' in height, single trunk is straight and often continues for the entire height of the tree although sometimes splits into several large limbs once the canopy has been breached, branches are strong stout and long ascending in the upper crown and drooping in the lower crown, branches around mid-height are more or less horizontal creating a broad thick column-shaped form that casts dense shade, leaves 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 therachis, 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 which is a distinctive feature of red hickory
