Carya Glabra " Pignut Hickory"

Carya Glabra " Pignut Hickory"  host plant

Did you know that 238 insects use Carya trees as their host plant?

Butterfly host plant for Banded Hairstreak ( Satyrium Calanus) and Luna Moth ( Actias Luna)

Pot Side: 3 gallon

Height: 1 to 2 feet

Facts about Carya Glabra host plant:

Beautiful large and strong tree that produce small nuts with a bitter testing. Also know as Pignut, Sweet Pignut, Coast Pignut Hickory and Swamp Hickory. Leaves are alternate, compound, odd pinnate, over 12" long; leaflets usually numbering five or seven ( sometime three), lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate, margins serrate. Flowers: male flowers borne in catkins, around 3 1/2" long. Fruit: A nut, borne in a thin, smooth husk that usually does not slip to the base when mature. Distribution: Dry to moist woods throughout the northern part of the state.

* Family: Juglandaceae

* Zones: 4 to 9

* Height: 50 to 80 feet

* Bloom Time: April to May

* Sun: Full sun to part shade

* Water: Medium