Pecan

Pecan

Carya illinoinensis

Juglandaceae (Walnut Family)

▲ mature tree at Darr Agricultural Center

▲ ▼ leaves

▲ ▼ nut in husk on the tree

▲ nut (left) and fruit (right)

▲ bark and trunk

Location near campus: north side of Journagan Drive at Darr Agricultural Center and on East Loren St., just west of Kings

Carya illinoinensis: Pecan

• leaves alternate, deciduous, pinnately compound with 9-17 leaflets� usually 9-11; leaflets 1-3" long and 1/2 as wide, lanceolate
• fruit is oval nut, 1-3" long,, 1" diameter; husk splits partially in fall to release brown/black speckled nuts� is the source of pecan nuts
• prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soils� found in native stands in river and creek bottoms
• bark is brown to brown black and shallowly furrowed with age
• medium to fast growth rate
• native to Missouri