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| Carya Glabra | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Classic classification | ||
| Govern | Plant | |
| subdominion | Tracheobionta | |
| Division (Division is a composition law that associates the product of the first with two numbers…) | Magnoliophyta | |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |
| Subclass | Hamamelidae | |
| command | Juglandales | |
| Family | Juglandaceae | |
| Gender | Carya | |
| Binomial name (In taxonomy (botany, zoology, etc.), the binomial name or binomial comes from…) | ||
| Carya Glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet | ||
| Phylogenetic classification (Phylogenetic classification is a system for classifying living things…) | ||
| command | Fagales | |
| Family | Juglandaceae | |
THE Hairless Hickory Or Pork hickory (Carya Glabra), is a species of tree in the family Juglandaceae and the genus Carya. The tree is common in the eastern United States and southern Canada. Often mixed with oak, it is commonly found in oak-hickory forests.
Its fruits (in botany, the fruit is the plant organ that protects the seed…), ripe at the beginning of autumn, are essential for the diet of many wild animals and their wood is highly valued by humans as firewood (heating) in the process of Transfer of thermal energy to an object, a…).
habitat
Young leaves.
The tree is found in the territory of the United States and Canada. In the south the tree occurs from Texas to Florida. In the north (north is a cardinal point relative to south) it occurs from Michigan to New Hampshire and in the south of the province of Ontario in Canada. It is found in quantities (quantity is a generic term of metrology (number, quantity); a scalar,…) in the forests of the Appalachians and in the lower valley…) of the river (In hydrography a river is a watercourse, which flows under the influence of…) Ohio.
The tree appreciates humid climates. It generally grows (Pousse is the name for an illegal car race on Reunion Island) on rather dry slopes, but is also common on wetter soils. It is commonly found in forests near other hickory, walnut, and oak trees. This type of forest (a forest or forest massif is a relatively dense wooded area, etc.) is called oak-hickory forest. The tree took advantage of the rapid disappearance of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) to expand its range.
Use
The wild turkey appreciates the fruits of the tree (A tree is a land plant capable of growing upwards on its own, in…).
The tree is very important as a food source for many animals such as squirrels, black bears, wild turkeys and other smaller birds. In fact, the inside of the fruit is mostly made up of fat, which gives these animals energy to survive the winter. Humans can eat its fruits, but their taste is worse than that of other hickory trees whose fruits are larger.
Humans mainly use the tree to make firewood, but due to its high resistance it can also be used to make tool handles.
Description
This hickory tree is monoecious, it begins its flowering (flowering is the biological process of flower development. It is…) in spring (spring (from Latin primus, first, and tempus, time, this season used to mark the…) ( from March in the south to June in the north). Its catkins are 8 to 18 cm tall. Its green-yellow flowers are about 6 mm tall and are on stems. The tree is usually 30 years old when it begins to bear fruit, but its Production is optimal between the ages of 75 and 200. Its trunk (A trunk can be:) is initially smooth, but becomes cracked with age.
Its leaves are alternate and green, in autumn (autumn is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. It lies between summer and…) the leaves take on a yellow color (There are (at least) five definitions of yellow, which are approximately that denote the same…).
The fruit is 2 to 7 cm long, walnut-shaped and has a slightly pointed end. Ripe in autumn, it is prized by many wildlife. The fruit is surrounded by a green bud, which becomes dry after ripening, and is brown in color. The tree can generally reach a size of between 24 and 27 meters, but can also reach heights of up to 37 meters. Its trunk reaches a diameter of 90 to 120 cm at the base. It has a significant vertical root and some smaller radial roots.