Pecan (<i>Carya illinoinensis</i>) (IMAGE)

Botanical Society of America

Pecan (<i>Carya illinoinensis</i>)

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Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) growing in the Missouri River floodplains near Hermann, Missouri. Pecan is one of the few native North American species which has entered the domestication process.

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Image courtesy of Allison Miller, Saint Louis University.

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