Mockernut Hickory, Big Bud Hickory, White-heart Hickory Scientific Name: Carya tomentosa
Description: A tall tree 50-70' high with trunk diameter of 2-3'. Lower branches more or less drooping, those above ascending at a sharp angle, forming a narrow oblong or broad round-topped head, trunk somewhat swollen at base.
Habitat: In various soils; woods, dry, rocky ridges mountain slopes.
Range: Niagara peninsula and westward; south to Florida, ascending 3,500' in Virginia; west to Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Indian Territory, and Texas.
Type: Tree Source:Northeastern Trees in Winter by Albert Blakeslee and Chester Jarvis
Photograph: Chris Evans, University of Georgia from www.forestryimages.org. |
