Carya texanaBuckley

black hickory

WFO wfo-0000588851 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Carya texana, photographed by Cazody
fig. a Cazody, CC0 1.0 / 2021-11-06 / obs. 167732250
Carya texana, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. b Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94566112
Carya texana, photographed by Paul Roots
fig. c Paul Roots, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62695872
Carya texana, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. d Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60164378
Carya texana, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. e Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 36697753
Carya texana, photographed by cwhiting
fig. f cwhiting, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35507899
Carya texana, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. g Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24264739
Carya texana, photographed by Kathy McAleese
fig. h Kathy McAleese, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8620081

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Carya texana is native: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas ArkansasIllinoisIndianaKansasLouisianaMississippiMissouriOklahomaTexas
Native distribution of Carya texana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arkansas ARK NORTHERN AMERICA
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kansas KAN
Louisiana LOU
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
Oklahoma OKL
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Carya arkansana Sarg.
  • Carya buckleyi Durand
  • Carya buckleyi f. glabra E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
  • Carya buckleyi f. pachylemma Sarg.
  • Carya buckleyi var. arkansana (Sarg.) Sarg.
  • Carya buckleyi var. villosa (Sarg.) Sarg.
  • Carya glabra var. villosa (Sarg.) B.L.Rob.
  • Carya texana f. glabra (E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.) Steyerm.
  • Carya texana var. arkansana (Sarg.) Little
  • Carya texana var. texana
  • Carya texana var. villosa (Sarg.) Little
  • Carya villosa (Sarg.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Hicoria arkansana (Sarg.) Ashe
  • Hicoria glabra var. villosa Sarg.
  • Hicoria pallida var. arkansana (Sarg.) Ashe
  • Hicoria villosa (Sarg.) Ashe
  • Hicorius arkansana Ashe
  • Hicorius buckleyi Ashe
  • Hicorius buckleyi var. arkansana Ashe
  • Hicorius buckleyi var. pachylemma Ashe
  • Hicorius buckleyi var. villosa Ashe
  • Hicorius glabra var. villosa Sarg.
  • Hicorius villosa Ashe
  • Hicorius villosa var. pallida Ashe

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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