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Carya laciniosa, a Common card
Carya laciniosa, the shellbark hickory, in the Juglandaceae or walnut family is also called kingnut, big, bottom, thick, or western shellbark, attesting to some of its characteristics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 105
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Ranked #2,694 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Carya laciniosa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carya laciniosa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The nuts, largest of all ______ nuts, are sweet and edible.
Answer
hickory. The nuts, largest of all hickory nuts, are sweet and edible. From the Carya laciniosa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cynognathus. Cynognathus 23,000 · Desventuradas Islands 17,000 · Carya laciniosa 13,000 · Argulidae 8,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is a slow-growing, long-lived tree, hard to transplant because of its long taproot, and subject to insect damage.
- The nuts, largest of all hickory nuts, are sweet and edible.
- Wildlife and people harvest most of them, those remaining produce seedling trees readily.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carya laciniosa article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Carya laciniosa
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carya laciniosa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to , Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
