{"id":687,"date":"2024-04-18T12:25:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=687"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:13:36","slug":"pecan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/fruits-and-nuts\/pecan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pecan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Fruits &amp; Nuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pecan (<em>Carya illinoinensis<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Pecan trees grow seventy to 100 feet in height. Leaves are&nbsp;<em>odd-pinnately compound<\/em>, with 11 to 17&nbsp;<em>leaflets<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>lanceolate<\/em>, with&nbsp;<em>serrate<\/em>&nbsp;<em>margins<\/em>. Male and female flowers are on the same tree. The male flowers are in hanging&nbsp;<em>catkins<\/em>&nbsp;and the female flowers in&nbsp;<em>spikes<\/em>. Bark becomes gray, rough, and somewhat scaly on older trees. Pecans develop inside a rough green&nbsp;<em>husk<\/em>&nbsp;that turns black and splits open at maturity. The nut is oblong, brown or tan with black streaks, smooth, thin-shelled, pointed and one to two inches long. The kernel is distinctively ridged. Pecans grow throughout Florida, but rarely produce good crops in South Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/baskauf\/11116.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecan_tree.jpg\" alt=\"Pecan tree\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/baskauf\/10698.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecan_bark.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of pecan bark\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/tsn\/19234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven J. Baskauf http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecan_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage of pecan tree\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Purdue<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecans_green.jpg\" alt=\"Pecans still in green husks\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugwood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jerry A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service,\u00a0Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecan_opening.jpg\" alt=\"Pecans with husks opening\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Courtesy of Dov Grobgeld, Israel<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecans_shell.jpg\" alt=\"Pecans in their shell\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecan_meat.jpg\" alt=\"Meat of pecan\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Purdue<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecan_flowerm.jpg\" alt=\"Male flower of pecan tree\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/baskauf\/10696.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Male flower. Steven J. Baskauf, http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/pecan_flowerf.jpg\" alt=\"Female flower of pecan tree\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/baskauf\/21527.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Female flower. Steven J. Baskauf, http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":437,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-687","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7691,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/687\/revisions\/7691"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}