PALE-LEAF HICKORY (Hicoria villosa, Ashe). 19 to 20 

 feet; rarely, 40 to 50 feet. Small tree with short trunk and 

 oblong head of small branches. Bark gray or brown, witb 

 deep furrows and broad, scaly ridges. Twigs, pale, pubescent, 

 becoming purplish, then dark brown on branches. Wood 

 brown, hard, chiefly used for fuel. Leaves 6 to 10 inches long, 

 pubescent, with tufts of hairs, becoming smooth after maturity; 

 leaflets 7, sessile, short-stalked, taper-pointed, saw-toothed 

 toward the upper half; shield-shaped, silvery scales on the 

 under side of opening leaves are shed before maturity, and 

 linings are pale or yellow, upper surfaces dark green. Flowers 

 staminate catkins in 3's, hairy; pistillate oblong, 4-ribbed, 

 yellow, pubescent. Fruit pear-shaped, or oblong, 4-winged. 

 fuzzy, yellow, thin-husked, thick-shelled. Shell angled 

 kernel sweet. Dist.: Sandy and rocky, barren soil, souther 

 New Jersey to Florida; west to Missouri and Texas. 



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