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Pterocarya
Also called Wingnuts
Pterocarya, the wingnuts, are large, fast-growing deciduous trees from the walnut family, most often seen along riverbanks and in moist temperate woods. Give them moist, well-drained soil and room to grow, as they become very large.
Pterocarya, often called wingnuts in English, are trees in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They are native to Asia and the extreme southeast of Europe, from the Caucasus Mountains east to Japan. The botanic name is from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pteron) "wing" + κάρυον (karyon) "nut". The genus is of particular scientific interest as a classic relict lineage, with a modern distribution disjunct between East Asia and the Caucasus–West Asian region, while its fossil record shows it was once widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere. In Western Europe, the genus was present on Doggerland until shortly before it was flooded a few thousand years ago. Many fossils are known from the New World and the genus survived in the New world till the Pliocene. Most species of wingnuts are large, fast-growing trees, often associated with riverbanks, floodplains, and moist temperate forests.
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