We use pecans in salads, Paleo waffles, pancakes, cookies, candy, with ham and vegetable dishes.
Native American Uses: The nut was stored for winter use. Hybrids have much bigger nut meats than wild types. Kiowa used a decoction of the bark to treat tuberculosis. Leaves were crushed and rubbed over ringworm.
This fertile soil, bottomland dweller where temperatures are moderate and there is ample humidity. It's a 20 year wait for the young tree to bear fruit. A mature tree can produce more than 500 pounds of nuts per year. The sweet nut meats are an important food source for squirrels, turkey, fox, deer. Wood is used to make handles for mops, brooms, garden tools and the like.