Platycarya

Platycarya (Platycarya strobilacea) is a fascinating, evolutionary unique flowering hardwood tree that bridges the appearance of broadleaf angiosperms and cone-bearing conifers. Belonging to its own distinct monotypic genus within the walnut family (Juglandaceae),...

Chinese Wingnut

The Chinese Wingnut (Pterocarya stenoptera) is a magnificent, fast-growing riparian hardwood tree native to the grand river valleys and alluvial floodplains of China. Belonging to the walnut family (Juglandaceae), it is celebrated for its handsome, winged compound...

Southern Shagbark Hickory

The Southern Shagbark Hickory (Carya carolinae-septentrionalis), also celebrated as the Carolina Hickory, is a magnificent, aristocratic hardwood tree native to the fertile river valleys and limestone ridges of the American Southeast. Famous for its dramatic, shaggy...

Japanese Walnut

The Japanese Walnut (Juglans ailantifolia), known in Japan as Oni-gurumi, is a magnificent, broad-spreading deciduous hardwood tree native to the temperate river valleys and mountain slopes of the Japanese archipelago. Celebrated for its enormous, tropical-looking...

Manchurian Walnut

The Scrub Hickory (Carya floridana), also known as the Florida Hickory, is a fascinating, fire-adapted hardwood tree found naturally nowhere else in the world outside the ancient white-sand ridges of the central Florida peninsula. Adapted to endure the extreme...
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