### plant | tracheophyte | tree | nut tree:

Pecan tree
* Many pecan trees die as a result of drying out in the hours or days before they are planted.
* Most pecan trees attain large size
* Most pecan trees consist of roots
  - tap roots
  - grow to height
* are also sensitive to salt build up in the soils
  - useful as shade or ornamental trees
  - at a high-risk stage
  - deciduous plants
  - everywhere and provide terrific shade
  - found in practically every county in Florida
  - fruit trees
* are native to south central North America, and they grow best in deep, loamy soil
  - the Mississippi river valley
  - the official state trees of the state
  - wind pollinated
* develop a true taproot that requires protection throughout shipping and planting.
* grow and produce best if they receive two inches of water per week
  - best on sandy loam soils with well-drained subsoil
* have staminate and pistillate flowers on the same plant
  - that open in the spring
* love water and often grow in or near flood prone areas.
* perform best if planted in deep, fertile, slightly acidic soils.
* require a large hole for proper transplanting
  - ample nitrogen fertilizer for good production
* seem to be especially susceptible to ice damage.

Pignut hickory
* are also present and regenerating.
* nut tree

Walnut tree
* Most walnut trees grow on properties.
* are deciduous plants
* can cause a problem called walnut wilt.
* have trunks.
* seems to especially dislike oaks.
* suffer for want of nutrients in competition with grasses and weeds.

### plant | tracheophyte | tree | nut tree | walnut tree:

Black walnut
* All black walnuts tend to bear heavy nut crops every second year.
* are common near homesites
  - from a common native tree unlike the English walnuts found in stores
  - part of black walnuts
  - similar in nutrients, with some variations
* can create problems for home gardeners.
* develops a long, smooth trunk and a small rounded crown when growing in the forest.
* has a strong taproot which makes the seedlings resilient, but difficult to transplant.
* have a hard shell
  - an unmistakable flavor that is best when mixed with home-made vanilla ice cream
  - lacy compound leaves, arching limbs and deeply ridged, dark grey bark
  - the highest concentrations
  - tough hull or husk and an extremely hard shell
* is an important tree commercially, as the wood deep brown color and easily worked
  - classified as shade intolerant
  - extremely toxic to equines when ingested, even in minute quantities
  - found throughout the eastern United States
  - intolerant of shade
  - moderately heavy, hard, strong, stiff, and has good shock resistance properties
  - native throughout the state
  - naturally a rich deep blackish brown, without stain
  - primarily a pioneer species similar to red and silver maple and black cherry
  - the most important and valuable commercial species
* is the most valuable timber species in Ohio
  - tree in Iowa
  - used to get rid of parasites and works well as a preventative
  - well adapted to fire
* large tree growing in rich forest soils throughout Ohio.
* prefers moister north or east facing slopes, and creek banks.
* produce a toxin that actually kills some plants.
* require large quantities of nitrogen and phosphorus.
* secrete juglone which inhibits the growth of nearby plants.

Butternut
* have a moist sweet orange pulp
  - slightly nutty flavor and firm, orange meat
* is part of butternut
* require little in the way of fertilizer or water by comparison.

Oak tree
* Most oak trees live in oak woodlands
  - lose all of their leaves in autumn
  - make food
* Some oak trees grow on slopes.
* Some oak trees produce acorns
  - truffles