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Yearboo^ of Agriculture 1949 



45. Mocker nut 

 hickory. 



46. Shellbark 

 hickory. 



47. Shagbark 

 hickory. 



48. Red hickory. 



a. Leaflets lance-shaped and often slightly sickle-shaped; winter buds 

 with 4 to 6 scales, fitting at edges and not overlapping; nuts thin- 

 shelled (except No. 43), husks usually 4-winged PECAN HICKORIES. 



41. PECAN, Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch (sweet pecan; C. pecan (Marsh.) 

 Engl. & Graebn., Hicoria pecan (Marsh.) Britton). 



Large tree of Mississippi Valley region; also in Mexico. Bark light brown or gray, 

 deeply and irregularly furrowed and cracked. Compound leaves 12 to 20 inches long. 

 Leaflets 11 to 17, short-stalked, lance-shaped and slightly sickle-shaped, 2 to 7 inches 

 long, long-pointed, finely toothed, smooth or slightly hairy. Nuts 1 to 2 inches long includ- 

 ing the slightly 4-winged, thin husk, oblong, pointed, thin-shelled, sweet and edible, 

 known as pecans. 



Principal uses: Boxes and crates, motor vehicles, furniture, and flooring. Fuel and for 

 smoking meats. Pecan nuts from wild and cultivated trees. Shade tree. (State tree of 

 Texas. ) 



42. WATER HICKORY, Carya aquatica (Michx. f.) Nutt. (pecan [lumber], bitter pecan, 

 swamp hickory; Hicoria aquatica (Michx. f.) Britton). 



Medium-sized or large tree of wet soils in South Atlantic coast, Gulf coast, and 

 Mississippi Valley regions. Bark light brown, fissured, with long, thin scales. Compound 

 leaves 9 to 15 inches long. Leaflets 7 to 13, stalkless or short-stalked, lance-shaped, 2 to 

 5 inches long, long-pointed, finely toothed, dark green above, brownish and hairy or 

 smooth beneath. Nuts 1 to 1 l /z inches long including the pointed, 4-winged, thin husk, 

 nearly spherical, flattened, angled, and wrinkled, thin-shelled, bitter. 



Principal uses: Wood used same as No. 41. 



43. NUTMEG HICKORY, Carya myristicaeformis (Michx. f.) Nutt. (pecan [lumber], 

 bitter water hickory, swamp hickory; Hicoria myristicaeformis (Michx. f.) Britton). 



Large tree of South Atlantic coast and Gulf coast regions; also in Mexico. Bark dark 

 brown, fissured, with small, thin scales. Compound leaves 7 to 14 inches long. Leaflets 

 5 to 9, short-stalked, broadly lance-shaped or oblong, 2 to 5 inches long, long-pointed, 

 finely toothed, dark green above, more or less hairy or smooth and whitish beneath. 

 Nuts 1 J4 to 1 1 /2 inches long including the pointed, 4-winged, thin husk, nearly spherical 

 but longer than broad, thick-shelled, sweet and edible. 



Principal uses: Wood used same as No. 41. Edible hickory nuts. 



44. BITTERNUT HICKORY, Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch (pecan [lumber], 

 bitternut, pignut, swamp hickory; Hicoria cordiformis (Wangenh.) Britton). 



