Forestry 



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Shagbark, Shellbark 



OR White Hickory 



(Hicoria ovata) 



A tall forest tree up to 

 1 20 feet high. Known at 

 once by the great angular 

 slabs of bark hanging partly detached from its main 

 trunk, forced oflf by the growth of wood, but too tough to 

 fall. Its leaves are 

 8 to 14 inches long, 

 with S to 7 broad 

 leaflets. The wood 

 is very light in 

 color,close-grained, 

 tough and elastic. 

 It makes an excel- 

 lentbow;is the best 

 of fuel. A cubic 

 foot weighs 52 lbs. 

 Dak. to Maine and 

 south to Miss. 



