The Hickories 



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The shape of the f niit varies but is usually compressed laterally and is four-ridged. 

 The husk splits and breaks into four sections. The kernel is sweet and edible, 

 and the nut is of greater commercial value than that of any other native hickory. 



The shagbark hickory has a long tap root and requires a deep, fresh, fertile, 

 well-drained soil. It sprouts readily from the stump, endures considerable shade, 

 and is usually found mixed with other hardwoods. 



In Canada it is confined to southern Ontario and southwestern Quebec. 



CARYA ALBA (L.) Koch MOCKERNUT HICKORY 



Common names: Mockernut hickory, whiteheart hickory, bigbud 



hickory. 

 French names: Carya tomenteux, noyer dur, noyer a noix douces, 

 noyer blanc. 

 The mockernut hickory is a tall tree 75 to 90 ft. high when growing in the 

 forest. Isolated it is shorter with a broad, round-topped crown. The lower 

 branches have a tendency to droop more or less. 



MOCKERNUT 



HICKORY 

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The bark is grey, smooth, not shaggy, and broken by close, wavy furrows. 

 The tops of the ridges being a lighter shade of grey than the rest of the bark give 

 to the trunk a somewhat rubbed or sand-papered appearance. 



The twigs are very coarse and the winter buds large. The buds are slightly 

 larger than those of the shagbark hickory and can be distinguished from them by 



