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Carya ovalis
Also called False Shagbark, Small Pignut
Red hickory (Carya ovalis) is a medium-sized, fairly uncommon hickory tree native to eastern North America, growing to about 30 m in dry, well drained sandy upland ridges and woodlands. It is a forest tree, not a common garden or houseplant, and it needs deep soil and plenty of room.
Carya ovalis, the red hickory or sweet pignut hickory, is a fairly uncommon but widespread hickory native to eastern North America. It is typically found growing in dry, well drained sandy upland ridges and sloped woodlands from southern Ontario, Canada, and in the United States east to New Hampshire, south to northern Florida west to eastern Texas and north-west to Nebraska. This species was formerly treated as a variety or northern ecotype of the pignut hickory C. glabra, described as Carya glabra var. odorata. This discrepancy has not yet been completely resolved, and some sources and authors still consider red hickory as a variety or synonym of pignut hickory. However both trees are quite morphologically distinct.
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