Juglandaceae
Mockernut hickory
Carya tomentosa
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Genus
- Carya
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Common names
By language (9)
- Belarusian
- Гікары белая
- Chinese
- 绒毛山核桃
- Dutch
- Mockernut hickory
- English
- Mockernut hickory
- Finnish
- Nukkahikkori
- German
- Spottnuss, Weißer Hickory
- Hungarian
- Nemezes hikoridió
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kvithickory
- Polish
- Orzesznik owłosiony
Synonyms
- Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Elliott
- Carya alba subsp. tomentosa (Lam.) Schwer.
- Carya alba var. anomala (Ashe) Sarg.
- Carya alba var. ficoides Sarg.
- Carya alba var. ovoidea Sarg.
- Carya alba var. subcoriacea (Sudw.) Sarg.
- Carya compressa G.Don
- Carya tomentosa f. ficoides (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Carya tomentosa f. ovoidea (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Carya tomentosa var. integrifolia Torr.
- Carya tomentosa var. maxima Nutt.
- Carya tomentosa var. subcoriacea (Sudw.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Hicorius alba (L.) Britton
- Hicorius alba var. albicans Ashe
- Hicorius alba var. anomala Ashe
- Hicorius alba var. ficoides Sudw.
- Hicorius alba var. maxima (Nutt.) Britton
- Hicorius alba var. ovoidea Ashe
- Hicorius alba var. subcoriacea Sudw.
- Hicorius albus Sarg.
- Hicorius maxima (Nutt.) Raf.
- Hicorius tomentosa Raf.
- Juglans alba Mill.
- Juglans alba L.
- Juglans compressa Gaertn.
- Juglans procera Salisb.
- Juglans squamosa Poir.
- Juglans tomentosa Lam.
- Scoria alba (L.) Raf.
- Scoria tomentosa (Lam.) Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Grmolnar21, CC0, 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.