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WOOD AND FOREST. 



PIGNUT. 



Nuts eaten by swine. 



Habitat. 



Hicoria glabra (Miller) Britton. Carya porcina. 



Hicoria is shortened and latinized from Pawcohicora, the Indian name 

 for the liquor obtained from the kernel; glabra refers to smooth bark; 

 Carya the Greek name for walnut; porcina means pertaining to hogs. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best in lower Ohio val- 

 ley. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 80'-100'; 

 diameter 2'-4'; trunk of- 

 ten forked; bark, lighi 

 gray, shallow fissures, 

 rather smooth, rarely ex- 

 foliates ; leaves, 8"-12" 

 long, compound 7 leaflets, 

 sharply serrate; fruit, a 

 thick-shelled nut, bitter 

 kernel. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, light or dark brown, 

 the thick sap-wood 

 lighter, often nearly 

 white; ring-porous; rings, 

 marked . by many large 

 open ducts ; grain, 

 straight; rays, small and 

 insignificant. 



Physical Qualities : 



Very heavy (4th in this 



Leaf. 



