Description

A tall impressive tree with compound leaves divided into 11-17 lance-shaped leaflets. Inconspicuous flowers are arranged on long hanging clusters. The fruit is an oblong nut, enclosed in a thin husk, splitting open at maturity. Larval host: Gray Hairstreak. Slow growing to 60'-75' tall and 40'-75' wide. Makes an excellent shade tree. Needs deep soil. Hard to transplant due to long tap root. May be pruned for shape or to raise canopy. Susceptible to galls, twig girdlers, aphids, borers, weevils, pecan scab, tent caterpillars, and webworms. Native habitat: wooded bottomlands and stream banks. Propagation: seed. Deciduous tree. It does best in full sun with moist soil.