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Carya cordiformis ~bitternut hickory

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Carya-cordiformis-~bitternut-hickory


Characteristics:

  • FAC

  • Michigan C Value: 5

  • bark is not shaggy; is tight and close with interlacing ridges

  • young trees have light gray to gray trunk bark with shallow fissures

  • trees of intermediate age have trunk bark that is gray, irregular, and shallowly furrowed

  • smooth gray bark has interlaced furrows and develops flat topped ridges as it matures

  • bark of mature trees can be confued with mature ash, but mature bitternut hickory bark has flat topped ridges (as if ironed).

  • mustard/sulfer yellow winter buds

  • foliage fragrent when crushed

  • leaves are alternate, pinnately compound

  • typical of mesic hardwood forests; stream borders

  • 5 to 9 ovate lanceolate leaflets

  • leaves turn yellow in fall

  • sometimes called "bitter pecan"

  • native



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