Pecan
NativeCarya illinoinensis
Walnut (Juglandaceae) · Hickory · 70–100 ft
Knowing it
Native to the Missouri and Mississippi river bottoms and the Bootheel; many leaflets and the familiar nut. Planted well beyond its range.
What a tree company sees
Brittle for a hickory: large limbs break in ice and wind, and old trees shed deadwood. Keep big limbs off roofs.
Recorded in 53 counties
- Bates County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carroll County
- Cedar County
- Chariton County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cooper County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Mississippi County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- New Madrid County
- Osage County
- Ozark County
- Pemiscot County
- Perry County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Ripley County
- Schuyler County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Taney County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Webster County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.