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Gerald L. Klingaman
(Pignut Hickory)
A valuable wildlife and timber plant, pignut is a highly variable medium to large deciduous tree from eastern North America. Its tapering, sometimes forked trunk bears relatively short, spreading or drooping branches, forming a narrowly oval crown. The gray bark can be smooth, furrowed, or scaly. The pinnate leaves are divided into five or rarely seven lance-shaped yellow-green leaflets, with one leaflet at the tip and the others paired. The foliage turns yellow in fall. Inconspicuous flowers appear...
Jesse Saylor
(Shagbark Hickory)
Known for its conspicuously shedding bark, shagbark hickory is a large deciduous tree from eastern North America. Spreading and round-topped in cultivation, in the wild it often has a single high-branched trunk and a narrow crown. The gray bark divides into large plates, which detach and curl back from the trunk at their tips, giving it a shaggy appearance.
The compound leaves of shagbark hickory are divided into 5 glossy lance-shaped yellow-green leaflets, with one leaflet at the tip and the...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Mockernut Hickory)
Distinguished by its downy young shoots and its fragrant foliage, mockernut hickory is a medium to tall deciduous tree from eastern North America. Long-trunked with an oval crown, it has dark gray bark that is smooth at first but deeply furrowed at maturity. The compound leaves are divided into 5 to 9 lance-shaped leaflets, with one leaflet at the tip and the others paired. Silvery and downy upon emergence, they mature to shiny yellow-green, and turn butter yellow in fall. Inconspicuous flowers appear...
