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Carya texana
Also called Buckley's Hickory, Ozark Hickory, Texas Hickory
Carya texana is a native North American hickory tree, a species in the walnut family, found mainly in the southern Great Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley. It is a large forest tree best grown outdoors in open, well-drained sites, as it is not a practical container or houseplant.
Carya texana (called black hickory for its dark colored bark, or Texas hickory) is a North American tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae. It is endemic to the United States, found primarily in the southern Great Plains and the Lower Mississippi Valley. It is an endangered species in Indiana, where it occurs in the southwest corner of the state.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carya texana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
