JUGLANDACEAE 

 Shagbark Hickory 



Carya ovata (Mill.) K, Koch [Hicoria ovata (Mill.) Britt.] 



HABIT. A tree 60-80 feet high and 1-2 feet in diameter 

 (max. 120 by 4 feet); narrow, open crown and large branches. 



LEAVES. 8-14 inches long with 5 (rarely 7) leaflets; leaflets 

 obovate to ovate-lanceolate, the terminal 5-7 inches long and 

 usually much longer than the lateral; finely serrate margins; 

 thick, dark green and glabrous above, yellow-green and usually 

 glabrous below. 



FRUIT. Globose to ellipsoidal; 1-2^2 inches long (mostly 

 about lYz inches); husk Va-Vi inch thick, completely dehiscent; 

 nut 4-ribbed with thick shell and sweet seed. 



TWIGS. Stout, gray to red-brown, more or less hairy. Winter 

 buds; terminal ^-M inch long, broadly ovoid, with 3-4 visible, 

 overlapping, brown, pubescent, loosely fitting scales. 



BARK. Very characteristic on mature trunks, %-l inch thick, 

 gray, breaking into thin plates 1-3 feet long which are free 

 at one or both ends and give tree typical shaggy appearance. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. This important tree has a 

 varied habitat, being typically mixed with oak on upland slopes 

 in the north, while in the south it is commonly on moist alluvial 

 soils with several hardwoods. 



Shellbark Hickory 



Carya laciniosa (Michx.) Loud. [Hicoria laciniosa 

 (Michx.) Sarg.] 



This species has similar shaggy bark and differs from shagbark 

 hickory in having usually 7 leaflets which are velvety below, 

 orange twigs, and somewhat larger fruit (1M-2V^ inches long) 

 with a 4—6 ribbed nut. Range from New York to Nebraska, south 

 to northern Louisiana, and east to eastern Tennessee. 



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