MISC. PUBLICATION 217, U. S. DEFT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Name of tree 



Royal palm (Roy stoma regia). 



Bog cabbage palm (Pseudo- 

 phoenix rinifera). 



Spanish bayonet (Yucca aloi- 

 folia). 



Spanish dagger (Yucca gloriosa). 



Spanish bayonet (Yucca trecu- 

 leana). 



Spanish bayonet (Yucca faxoni- 

 ana). 



Butternut (white walnut)* 

 (Juglans cinerea). 



Black walnut (Juglans nigra)... 



Pecan (Ilicoria pecan)- 



Bitter pecan (Hicoria terana)... 



Bitternut hickory (Hicoria 

 cordiformis) . 



Nutmeg hickory (Hicoria my- 

 risticaeformis) . 



Water hickory (Hicoria aqua- 

 tica) . 



Shagbark hickory (scaly bark 

 hickory)* (Hicoria oiata). 



Southern shagbark hickory 

 (Hicoria carolinea septentrio- 

 nalis. 



Bigleaf shagbark hickory (shell- 

 bark hickory)* (Hicoria lacini- 

 osa). 



Mockernut hickory (white or 

 bigbud hickory)* (Hicoria. 

 alba). 



(Swamp)* pignut hickory 

 (Hicoria leiodermis). 



Hickory (Hicoria rnollissima) . _. 



(Sand)* pignut hickory (Hico- 

 ria pallida) . 



Pignut hickory (Hicoria glabra).. 



(Hammock)* hickory (Ilicoria 

 ashei). 



(Red)* pignut hickory (Ilicoria 

 oralis) 



b)* hickory (Ilicoria 

 floridana). 



(Black)* hickory (Ilicoria buck- 

 It yi-. 



Pignut hickory (black hickory)* 

 (Ilicoria rillosa). 



Where the tree grows 



Southern Florida (tropical). 



do 



Coast from North Carolina to 

 Florida and Louisiana (trop- 

 ical). 



South Atlantic coast 



Coast and Rio Grande River 

 in Texas. 



Southwestern Texas, desert 

 region. 



Northeastern States and 

 southern Appalachian 

 Mountains. 



New York west to Iowa and 

 southward. 



Mississippi Valley, Iowa to 

 Texas. 



Along rivers from Arkansas to 



Texas. 

 Eastern United States to 



Great Plains. 



Coastal Plain region, South 

 Carolina west to Texas. 



South Atlantic and Gulf 

 coastal region. Mississippi 

 Valley. 



Eastern United States (exclu- 

 sive of southern coastal re- 

 gion) . 



Southern Appalachian region 

 largely on limestone soils. 



Eastern United States; exclu- 

 sive of New England. 



Southeastern quarter of 

 United States and a little 

 northward. 



Arkansas, Mississippi, Louis- 



Mississippi, Louisiana, and 



Texas. 

 Atlantic and Gulf coastal re- 

 gion. 



Vermont to Michigan and 

 south in Appalachian Moun- 

 tains and foothills. 



Florida and adjacent coastal 

 regions. 



Pennsylvania west to Illinois, 

 south in mountains and foot- 

 hills. Common and widely 

 distributed, along with pig- 

 nut hickory. 



Northern and central Florida . 



Central States, Indiana to 

 Louisiana and eastern Texas. 



Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, 

 Oklahoma. 



Descriptive notes 



Leaves featherlike along the rhacis (or 

 central leaf stem), 10 feet long, no 

 teeth or spines. Fruit blue. Ex- 

 tensively cultivated for its beauty. 



Resembles above, leaves 5 to 6 feet long. 

 Fruit clusters bright scarlet. 



Leaves 1 to 2 feet long, 1 to 2 inches 

 wide, sharply toothed along edges. 

 (This and the next 2 trees belong to 

 the lily family. They differ mostly 

 in their flowers. 



Leaves thin, flat. Fruit mostly up- 

 right or spreading. 



Leaves rough below, concave, finely 

 toothed, bluish-green, 3 feet long. 

 Fruit on stem, fleshy. 



Leaves 3 to 4 feet long, flat, smooth- 

 Flowers forming narrow tube at base- 

 Fruit shiny, orange colored. 



Leaves 15 to 30 inches long, of 11 to 17 

 leaflets. Nut longer than thick. 

 Velvety cushion above leaf scar 

 (fig. 5, F). 



Leaves 12 to 24 inches long, of 15 to 23 

 leaflets. Nut round. Bark rich 

 brown (fig. 4, F). High-grade cabi- 

 net wood. 



Leaves of 9 to 17 leaflets; bud scales 

 few. Nut with thin brittle shell and 

 sweet kernel. Many varieties grown 

 on commercial scale throughout the 

 South. 



Leaves of 7 to 13 leaflets. Nut flattened 

 with bitter kernel. 



Leaves of 7 to 9 long-pointed leaflets. 

 Nut broad, thin-husked, with bitter 

 kernel. 



Leaves of 7 to 9 leaflets, silvery and 

 shiny below. Nut 4-ridged, 1H 

 inches long. 



Nut flattened, 4-ridged, thin husk, 

 bitter kernel. Leaves of 7 to 13 leaf- 

 lets. 



Bark loosening in narrow strips. 

 Leaves of 5 large leaflets. Nut thick- 

 shelled, with sweet kernel. 



Leaves small, mostly of 5 slender 

 leaflets. Nut 4-angled, thin-shelled, 

 with sweet kernel. 



Leaves large, 15 to 20 inches long, 

 mostly of 7 leaflets. Nut large, with 

 sweet kernel. 



Winter buds large. Leaves broad, of 

 7 to 9 leaflets, strong-scented, hairy. 

 Nut thick-shelled, small sweet kernel. 



Leaves of 7 long-pointed leaflets. Nut 

 smooth, shell thick, small sweet 

 kernel. 



Leaves like above but velvety or 

 hairy. 



Leaves of 7 narrow, finely toothed, 

 fragrant, long-pointed leaflets. Nut 

 white, with sweet kernel. 



Nut smooth, thick-shelled, sweet 

 kernel, rounded or pear-shaped. 

 Leaves of 5 pointed leaflets (fig. 5, 

 E). 



Branchlets bright red-brown, smooth. 

 Leaves variable, of 3 to 9 leaflets. 

 Nut in tight, thin husk, with sweet 

 kernel. 



Branchlets stout, reddish. Leaves 

 usually of 7 leaflets, with reddish 

 leafstalks. Nut small, thin-husked, 

 small sweet kernel. 



Leaves small, usually of 5 leaflets. 



Nut \o inch diameter, pointed at 



base. 

 Leaves 8 to 12 inches long, usually of 



7 shiny leaflets. Nut pointed, 



4-angled, with sweet kernel. 

 Resembling the above, but lower side 



midrib often fuzzy and with longer 



hair clusters. 



