Local Ecotype
Large tree, to 100’
Moist to medium soil
Blooms spring, nuts ripen late fall
Familiar large nut-bearing tree of bottomlands and floodplains, reaching heights of up to 100 feet. The nuts of native pecans vary widely in shape, size and pattern, with superior flavor compared to “improved” papershell varieties. Pecan trees flower in mid spring as the leaves are unfurling and bear nuts in November. The fragrant compound leaves of pecans feeds numerous insect taxa, with dozens of moths alone using it as a host. Fall foliage is a light yellow color. Pecan wood makes an exceptionally flavorful smoking wood. Pecans are fast growing once established. They prefer mesic to moist sites and deep loamy soils.
Local Ecotype
Large tree, to 100’
Moist to medium soil
Blooms spring, nuts ripen late fall
Familiar large nut-bearing tree of bottomlands and floodplains, reaching heights of up to 100 feet. The nuts of native pecans vary widely in shape, size and pattern, with superior flavor compared to “improved” papershell varieties. Pecan trees flower in mid spring as the leaves are unfurling and bear nuts in November. The fragrant compound leaves of pecans feeds numerous insect taxa, with dozens of moths alone using it as a host. Fall foliage is a light yellow color. Pecan wood makes an exceptionally flavorful smoking wood. Pecans are fast growing once established. They prefer mesic to moist sites and deep loamy soils.