Carya myristicaeformis Nutt. in Oostanaula River Valley, Floyd County, Georgia on September 3, 2003.

Scientific name: Carya myristicaeformis Nutt.
Common name: Nutmeg Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Bitter Water Hickory
Family: Juglandaceae; Walnut
Legal status: Critically imperiled in Georgia
Flowering and Fruiting periods: April- May; September-Oct.
Habitat: along streams, swamps, river bottoms

Description: "Buds yellow, ovoid, scales valvate, lepidote; twigs glabrous. Leaflets 5-9, obovate, ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 2.5-14 cm long, 1-7.5 cm wide, glabrous above, lepidote beneath. Fruit ellipsoid, 4-winged, 1.9-2.2 cm long, ca. 1.5 cm in diam.; nut ellipsoid, smooth; husk splitting entire length, ca. 1 mm thick. (n=16)."- Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1968.

References :
1. Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1968. (363)
2. Images by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford

Last updated on November 12, 2007.

Botanical explorations in Floyd County, Georgia