Juglandaceae

Sand hickory

Carya pallida (Ashe) Engelm. & Graebn.

Family: Juglandaceae
Genus: Carya

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Sand hickory (Carya pallida) — FruitPhoto: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Sand hickory
Hungarian: Halvány hikoridió

Synonyms

Carya pallida var. apposita (Ashe) Ashe
Carya pallida var. arenicola (Ashe) Ashe
Carya pallida var. pyriformis (Ashe) Ashe
Hicoria pallida Ashe
Hicorius pallida Ashe
Hicorius pallida var. apposita Ashe
Hicorius pallida var. arenicola Ashe
Hicorius pallida var. arkansana Ashe
Hicorius pallida var. pyriformis Ashe
Hicorius pallida var. villosa Ashe

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FruitPhoto: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michael Ellis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.