Male flowers are borne in catkins. Fruit is a husked nut and is often edible. Carya Species I. Buds are valvate to foliate and sulphur yellow in color. Five to nine leaflets are borne in an odd-pinnate pattern. Leaf scars are large and broad.
Buds have overlapping scales.
Three to nine leaflets are borne in an odd-pinnate pattern. Branches are stout and coarse. Leaf scars are large and circular. Branchlets and leaflets are glabrous. Leaves have three to seven, usually five, leaflets.