Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Carya illinoinensis
Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch
Pecan
Juglandaceae (Walnut Family)
USDA Symbol: CAIL2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Carya illinoiensis
Pecan
Juglandaceae
Location: West of the path adjacent to the horse pens--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun. Above average moisture. Alkaline, alluvial soil. Many in the community, but scattered among Ulmus, Quercus and smaller trees.
Description: Tree, 20 m tall w/40 cm dia trunk. Branches spreading, crown rounded. Leaves alternate/pinnate, to 20 cm. Leaflets, 9 or more, lanceolate, unsymmetrical. Male flowers in axillary catkins to 5 cm long. Pistillate flowers in terminal clusters. Fruit 4-winged, enclosing a nut.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 5, 1987
Specimen number: 205
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0448
Accession Date: Jul 27, 1993
Accession Number: 36
Annotations: MCXXB