PECAN

Carya illinoinensis          (CARE-ee-uh ill-e-noy-NEN-sis)  

Deciduous        Sun      Height 100 feet     Spread 100 feet     Spacing 30- 50 feet

HABIT:  Irregularly spreading, extremely graceful, yellow fall color, very long-lived. Deeply rooted.

CULTURE:        Easy to grow pretty much anywhere.

USES:              Shade tree, pecan crop.

PROBLEMS:     Worst is webworms which is mainly an aesthetic problem. Somewhat messy most of the time but well worth it. Pecan nut casebearer but is easily controlled with trichogramma wasp releases starting at leaf emergence.

NOTES:            Great choice for State Tree. The native varieties make better landscape trees than hybrids developed for soft-shell pecan crops. Native to North America.