Carya aquatica Southeastern Native okra-like mucilage that thickens soups

okra-like mucilage that thickens soups and stews

A camellia passed hand to hand from a plantsman of that stature carries a provenance all its own

depending on how attached one is to the foliage

or the edge of a woodland planting

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Carya aquatica Southeastern Native okra-like mucilage that thickens soupsCarya aquatica, the water hickory or bitter pecan, is a large native tree of the walnut family, reaching ninety feet and more in the wild. Across the American South the species dominates clay flats and the backwater ground near streams and rivers, reproducing aggressively by seed and by sprouts from roots and cut stumps, and forming a major part of the region's wetland forests, in part because the more marketable timber trees around the water hickory