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HickoryTrees in the genus Carya are commonly known as Hickory, derived from the Powhatan language of Virginia. The genus includes 17–19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts. Between 10–24 species are native from China and Indochina, with 11–12 in the United States, 2-4 in Canada and 1 in Mexico. There is another Asian species - Beaked Hickory. Hickory flowers are small yellow-green catkins produced in spring. They are wind-pollinated and self-incompatible. The fruit is a globose or oval nut, 2–5 cm (0.79–2.0 in) long and 1.5–3 cm (0.59–1.2 in) diameter, enclosed in a four-valved husk which splits open at maturity. The nut shell is thick and bony in most species, thin in a few, notably C. illinoinensis; it is divided into two halves which split apart when the seed germinates. United States Presidents Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk are known as "Old Hickory" and "Young Hickory" respectively. |
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