NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants


WALNUT FAMILY (JUGLANDACEAE)
Bird food Carya nuts: blue jays, crows, white-breasted nuthatches, wood ducks, woodpeckers Carya nut scraps: Carolina chickadees, eastern towhees, pine warblers, white-breasted nuthatches Butterfly larval food Hickories: Banded Hairstreak Wildlife food Carya nuts: squirrels

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Water hickory Carya aquatica	NCS	catkins nut	Sp F	t
Scrub hickory Carya floridana	NCS	catkins nut	Sp F	t
Pignut hickory Carya glabra	NC	catkins nut	Sp F	t

Codes:

N=north
C=central
S=south

Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter

a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine

i=invasive

ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans