Pignut

Basisdaten

pignut (Carya glabra) leaf
pignut (Carya glabra) leaf
  • pignut (Carya glabra) leaf
  • pignut (Carya glabra) leaf underside
  • pignut (Carya glabra) sprouting
  • pignut (Carya glabra) crown
  • pignut (Carya glabra) tree
  • pignut (Carya glabra) flowers
  • pignut (Carya glabra) trunk / bark
description: 

The pignut is native to the North American east coast naturally, from Florida up to the Canadian Ontario. In Europe it is found only occasionally in parks and gardens. As a street tree piglets nut is inappropriate as it yields many hard nuts in the fall.

Tree profile

name botanical: 
Carya glabra
family: 
Walnut family (Juglandaceae)
species: 
deciduous tree
height: 
up to 20 m (66 ft)
leaf: 

The leaf of pignut is up to 60 cm (23.6 in) long, pinnate with 7-9 single leaves. The single leaves are ovate. The leaf margin is serrated.

leaf shape: 
imparipinnate
leaf margin: 
serrated
leaf position: 
alternate
fall foliage: 
orange to red
flowering: 
May - June
blossom color: 
yellow
blossom description: 

The male flowers (catkins) are up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long . The flower color is yellow.

gender distribution: 
monoecious
fruit: 

The stone fruit is up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long. The fruit is surrounded by a hard yellow-red, quartered shell. The core (nut) is edible and is loved by humans and animals alike.

branches: 

The branches are reddish-brown with smooth bark. The buds are ovoid dark red to light brown.

bark: 
The bark is gray, furrowed and scaly from dissolves.
root: 
Shallow-rooting plant
location: 
Sun to half-shade
soil: 
sandy - loamy
ph value: 
slightly alkaline
usage: 

Park and garden tree, forest tree (USA / CAN)