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LEAVES:
-7 to 9 leaflets

BARK:
-tight bark

FRUIT:
-nuts with thick husk that splits completely to the base (husk much thicker than bitternut, similar to thickness or slightly thinner than on typical shagbarks)
-smooth, un-ribbed nut with sharp point and thin, brittle shell
-nut meat is sweet-tasting with pleasant flavour

TWIGS & BUDS:
-thick twigs (thicker than what is typical for either of the parent species)
-large, naked buds covered in velvety hairs

NOTE:
The 6th picture shows the twig of this putative Carya x laneyi in between each of the parent species. A pure C. ovata twig is placed on the left, and a pure C. cordiformis twig is placed on the right.

Small tree about 20 feet tall. Growing on gravelly bench above creek - edge of moist, riparian mixed confier/hardwoods with Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga, P. Ponderosa, Vaccinium, Alnus, Cornus sericea. Scarce but with some reproduction seen in a few other spots nearby, along 2 miles or so of FR-65. Possibly naturalized or a very small, disjunct population! This species isn't typically considered to be native to Eastern Oregon.