BIG SHELLBARK; BOTTOM SHELLBARK (Hicoria laciniosa, 

 Sarg.) 100 to 120 feet. Narrow-headed, tall tree, with short, 

 small branches and orange twigs, set with very large winter 

 buds, in silky scales. Bark shaggy, thick, gray, shedding in 

 thick plates that persist. Wood not distinguished from that 

 of the little shagbark. Leaves 15 to 22 inches long, of 5 to 9 

 lance-shaped leaflets, lustrous, dark green, lined with pale 

 yellow-green, or bronzy fuzz; stalks stout, broad at base, re- 

 curved and persistent after leaflets fall, a noticeable winter 

 characteristic of this species. Flowers velvety, staminate 

 catkins 5 to 8 inches long, reddish. Fruit a large nut, angled, 

 1| to 2^ inches long, flattened, in woody, 4-valved, orange- 

 brown, pubescent husk, that parts but halfway down. Dist. : 

 Rich bottom land, New York to Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma; 

 south Tennessee and Arkansas. Fine nut and park tree. 



