Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Carya ovata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Mill.) K.Koch	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Dendrologie 1: 598 (1869)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1869	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Shagbark hickory	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A. and NE. Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1500 cm	1500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 152 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 68, 92, 184, 431, 662, 708, 873, 918, 925	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 127 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918, 925	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Growth rate	empty	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Maximum height	3200 cm	3200 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 68, 92, 184, 431, 662, 708, 873, 918, 925	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 130 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 759, 818, 918, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 71, 444, 822	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	177 cm	177 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 662, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	21 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 79, 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	berries_nuts_seeds, fuelwood, lumber, medical, naval_stores, pulpwood · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Intermediate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Carya ovata (Mill.) K.Koch, 1869 20% complete

Shagbark hickory

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