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WOOD AND FOREST. 



Habitat. 



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MOCKERNUT. BLACK HICKORY. BULL-NUT. BIG-BUD HICKORY. 

 WHITE-HEART HICKORY. KING NUT. 



Mockernut refers to disappointing character of nuts. 



Hicoria alba (Linnaeus) Britton. Carya tomentosa Nuttall. 



Hicoria, shortened and latinized from Pawcohicora, the Indian name 

 for the liquor obtained from the kernels; alia refers to the white wood, 

 oarya, the Greek name for walnut; tomentosa refers to hairy under surface 

 of leaf. 



Habitat: (See map); 

 best in lower Ohio val- 

 ley, Missouri and Ar- 

 kansas. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 75'. 

 rarely 100' ; diameter. 

 2'-3'; rises high in for- 

 est; bark, dark gray, 

 shallow, irregular inter- 

 rupted fissures, rough 

 but not shaggy in old 

 trees ; leaves, 8"-12" long, 

 compound, 7-9 leaflets, 

 fragrant when crushed: 

 fruit, spherical nut, thick 

 shell, edible kernel. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, dark brown, sap- 

 wood nearly white; ring- 

 porous; rings, marked by 

 few large regularly dis- 

 tributed open ducts ; 

 grain, usually straight, 

 close ; rays, numerous, 

 thin, obscure. 



Leaf. 



