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Also spelled Carya illinoensis.
Part of hickory/pecan genus Carya in butternut/hickory/pecan/walnut family Juglandaceae in bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut order Fagales.
Native to 🇲🇽 México and south-to-central 🇺🇸 USA. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
Pecan is the 🏛🌳︎ state tree and 🏛⚕︎🌰︎ state health nut of Texas, and the 🏛🌰︎ state nut of Alabama, Arkansas and California. And 🥧 pies made from the pecan is the 🏛🥧 state pie of Texas, and part of the 🏛🍱︎ state meal of Oklahoma.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) The word pecan comes from Algonquian.
Carya hosts caterpillars of 231 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🏠︎ butternut/hickory/pecan/walnut branches family Juglandaceae hickory/pecan genus Carya