• Height: 75-100 ft
  
• Spread: 40-70 ft
  
• Light: Full sun-Part shade
  
• Soil: Average-Moist, Well drained
  
• Zone: 5-9
  
• Deer resistance: Low
  
• Deciduous
• Black Walnut Tolerant

The largest of the Hickory species the Pecan tree will certainly make a nice shade tree. Compound leaves with 9-17 leaflets are a distinct feature of this species. Insignificant green flowers can produce edible nuts that ripen in the fall. 

Nuts are a good food source for mammals and birds. This is a host plant for the Luna Moth and The Hickory Horndevil.

A long tap root that is typically of hickories anchor this species into the ground, so after its planted that's where it will be staying! Best rich soils so a good layer of mulch or leaf litter will help add nutrients back into the soil for the tree. Pecan trees are monoecious, meaning they have both flower sexes on the same tree, but nut production is usually best when two or more trees are planted. It is particularly important because some pecans produce male flowers first and some produce female flowers first. The flowers are wind pollinated.