| Author | (Wangenheim) K. Koch | |
| Distribution | Mostly Coastal Plain, Sandhills, and Piedmont; also Transylvania County in the Mountains. Collections were made in many other counties, but were taken from cultivated trees or otherwise not definitely escapes.
Native of the Mississippi River basin; planted extensively as a nut tree elsewhere. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon, except rare in the Mountains. | |
| Habitat | A number of collections are from bottomlands, alluvial woods, swampy woods, river slopes, and rich woods; others from roadside edge of woods, fields, hedgerows, volunteer at industrial park. In its native range it grows in rich bottomland forests. | |
| Phenology | Flowering April-May; fruiting October. | |
| Identification | Pecan is no doubt a familiar orchard tree to many folks. Leaves are distinctive among our many Carya species in having 9-13 (-17) leaflets per leaf. Each leaflet has uneven amounts of blade tissue on either side of the midrib, giving it an unbalanced look, and also giving it a rather falcate look. The ellipsoid fruits are quite familiar. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
