Carya glabra

Eastern US, Maine south to Florida, west to Mississippi

Tapering trunk and regular, rather open, oval head of slender, contorted branches.

Moist to dry soils and rich woodlands. Full sun.

Carya glabra is native to the Easterd United States and works well as a tall specimen tree. It's nuts attract squirrels and other wildlife, so it would work well in a naturaliatic setting or in large, open, grassy areas. Fall color is spectacular and long lasting.

Dark yellowing green in summer. Bright yellow in fall. Alternate, pinnately compound. The terminal leaflet is the largest, with usually five to seven leaflets. :Bright yellow in fall

Buds are imbricately scaled, though the outer two scales color sixty percent of the bud.

On young trees smooth, gray-brown, eventually developing rounded ridges, forming an irregular diamond-shaped pattern.

Yellow flowers bloom mid-spring.

Hard nuts encased in a four-valved husk.

Seed.