C. laciniosa reaches 60-80′ in height, forming a straight slender trunked tree with oblong crown with small spreading branches. It bears an edible seed that is sweet. Bark has a shaggy appearance. Found in wet bottomland areas, preferring moist, fertile […]

C. illinoinensis is a large native tree, reaching 70-100′ tall, 40-75′ wide, can reach 150′ in height. It is the largest of the hickory group with a tall, uniform, symmetrical form, and an oval crown. Due to its long taproot […]

C. glabra grows from 50-60′ tall, 25-35′ wide, can reach 100′ tall. Open, uniform habit with an oval crown of contorted branches. Leaves are compound palmate, dark yellowish green. Prefers rich, well drained to dry soil. The seeds are very […]

C. cordiformis is a large deciduous tree, reaching 50-75′ tall. The buds are a striking sulphur-yellow, and are a distinguishing feature of the tree. It is slender, with ascending branches forming an irregular crown. It is a fast growing hickory. […]

Carya includes the edible nut trees the hickory and pecan. They are beautiful large native trees, important for their commercial nut crops, but not used for landscape purposes. They develop large taproots and are not easily transplanted, grow to over […]

C. turczaninowii is a handsome tree, attaining an open and rounded appearance in maturity with glossy, dentated leaves and green to chartruese catkins. The catkins mature into nodding green fruit. Cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great […]

C. tschonoskii has a less fastigiate appearance than some hornbeam, tending rather to a spreading shape with glossy, dentated leaves, gilding in the autumn. The catkins are green and chartuese giving rise to nodding green, then ripe-banana-yellow fruit. Cultivated for […]

C. japonica, a Japanese Hornbeam is a smaller variety, usually less than thirty feet in height, but does not have considerable fall color display. Cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes of friut. Gray […]

C. cordata is rarely seen outside botanical gardens or private collections, Heartleaf Hornbeam has larger, slightly heart-shaped leaves, is rounded in habit and tends to be in the smaller range for height, usually not more than thirty feet. Cultivated for […]

C. caroliniana is an American Hornbeam noted for it’s very fine display of fall color and beautiful bark. The American Hornbeam is also generally smaller than European Hornbeam, rarely reaching more 39 feet in height and spread. Cultivated for its […]