Shagbark Hickory
Picture from: Ohio Division of Forestry, retrieved March 20, 2004 from site
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/forestry/Education/ohiotrees/hickoryshagbark.htm
Family: Juglandaceae
Genus: Carya
Species: Ovata
Other Names: Upland Hickory
Geographic distribution: The shagbark hickory is found in most of the Eastern United States. It can be found as far north as Maine and Quebec, as far west as Minnesota, Nebraska, and down to Texas, and in all of the southern states aside from Florida. (1)
Native habitat: The shagbark hickory grows best in humid climates with rich, moist soils of various types. (1)
Identifying: A full grown 200 year old shagbark hickory can grow 80 ft from is dominant single trunk. The crown is broad and oblong, with dark gray bark that looks shaggy with its vertical plates of exfoliation. (1)
Leaves: Pinnately compound with 5 leaflets 8 to 14 inches in length. (2)
Picture from: Ohio Division of Forestry, retrieved March 20, 2004 from site
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/forestry/Education/ohiotrees/hickoryshagbark.htm
Flowing period: April to June (2)
Fruit: Round husk, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. (2)
Biogeographical information: The shagbark hickory is listed a minor component in six forest cover types: Bur Oak, Chestnut Oak, White Oak-Black Oak-Northern Red oak, Pin Oak-Sweet gum, Loblolly Pine-Hardwood, and Swamp Chestnut Oak-Cherry bark Oak. The shagbark hickory is a climax species in much of the oak-hickory forest area. (1)
Economic uses: Timber and Seed (1)
North American Distribution Map
Above Map: K. Koch; Shagbark Hickory, retrieved March 20, 2004 from site
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_2/carya/ovata.htm
References: 1) Graney, David L.; Shagbark Hickory, retrieved March 20, 2004 from http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_2/carya/ovata.htm
2) Virginia Tech Forestry Department, Shagbark Hickory, retrieved March 20, 2004 from http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/covata.htm