Index / Search / Carya tomentosa
§1 Plant
Carya tomentosa (Lam.) Nutt.
vernacular mockernut hickory — species · Juglandaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Juglandaceae DC. ex Perleb
- Genus
- Carya
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 878 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–80 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.7–6.9
- Root depth
- 50 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 85 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 18 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 73
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Field Collections Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 878 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Carroll 13045
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clinch 13065
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Evans 13109
- Floyd 13115
- Gordon 13129
- Hart 13147
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Lumpkin 13187
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Monroe 13207
- Morgan 13211
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Union 13291
- Wheeler 13309
- Whitfield 13313
Illinois view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Montgomery 18107
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Spencer 18147
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tipton 18159
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 90 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Choctaw 28019
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Grenada 28043
- Hinds 28049
- Jasper 28061
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Panola 28107
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Kings 36047
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 85 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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