Georgia Coastal Plain Native Plants
for Conservation Landscaping and Wildlife Habitat

pecan - Carya illinoinensis

USDA Plant Code: CAIL2 Light Requirement: full sun Soil Moisture: medium/moist Height: 70-100 feet Leaves: deciduous Protected Plant: no Commonly Available at Nurseries : no Growth Habits: tree, Hardiness Zone: both Salt Tolerance : no Drought Tolerance: no

Birds, Mammals and Other Wildlife: yes Riparian Buffers: no All Pollinators: yes Native Bees and other Pollinators: no Butterflies and Moths: yes Hummingbird: no Rain Garden: no Bloom Color: yellow Bloom Period: spring Fragrant: no

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Equipment; Kilby Pecan Shaker at work. Tifton, Georgia USA G. Keith Douce, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Sapling(s); Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Good pecan bole Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Flower(s); Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); shuck split Jerry A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Prior to shuck split. Jerry A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Shuck split. Jerry A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Fruit(s); Jerry A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Jerry A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); male flowers Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series , , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); male flower Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series , , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); female flower Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series , , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Fruit(s); Maturing pecans Rebecca A. Melanson, Mississippi State University Extension, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Fruit(s); Brad Haire, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Brad Haire, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); A pecan tree in an orchad. Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); good crop University of Georgia Plant Pathology , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Flower(s); University of Georgia Plant Pathology , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Pecan shucks left in tree University of Georgia Plant Pathology , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Sapling(s); damping off of pecan University of Georgia Plant Pathology , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Sehley pecans from sprayed trees University of Georgia Plant Pathology , University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Fruit(s); small batch pecan production sorting Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); small batch pecan production Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Vivipary (premature germination) Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Vivipary (premature germination) Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Bark; Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Michasia Dowdy, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); mature Franklin Bonner, USFS (ret.), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); pecans fertilzed and unfertilized with zinc John C. French Sr., Retired, Universities:Auburn, GA, Clemson and U of MO, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Equipment; air blast sprayer for pecans John C. French Sr., Retired, Universities:Auburn, GA, Clemson and U of MO, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Near the Wabash River Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Near the Wabash River Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); Near the Wabash River Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Near the Wabash River Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Near the Wabash River Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Near the Wabash River Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Fruit(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Bark; Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Commercial orchard of pecan Jonas Janner Hamann, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Commercial orchard of pecan? Jonas Janner Hamann, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Commercial orchard of pecan Jonas Janner Hamann, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); Commercial orchard of pecan Jonas Janner Hamann, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Jonas Janner Hamann, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); Flowers Carya illinoinensis Jonas Janner Hamann, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Flower(s); Flowers Carya illinoinensis Jonas Janner Hamann, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage

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