An adaptable hickory with smaller nuts that hosts a variety of insects, including two hairstreak butterflies! Like other hickories, it is a keystone woodland species due to the diversity it supports- though it’s nuts are bitter and not utilized as much as the nuts of other hickory species.

Pollination: Self pollinating.

Light: Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade

Soil Moisture: Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic

Soil Type: Loam, Sandy Loam, Rocky Loam

Height: 60’-100’

Width: 30’-60’

Bloom Color: -

Bloom Time: Apr-May

Fruit: Produces midsized nuts with a thin husk in the fall.

Fall Color: Yellow

Root Type: Taproot

Notable Wildlife Interactions: Hosts many insects including the banded hairstreak and hickory hairstreak butterflies, multiple moths, beetles, leafhopper, planthoppers, walkingsticks, and many small insects. Supports a diversity of birds that prey oh hosted insects. Seeds are bitter and not a favored food source, but in leu of nothing may be utilized by squirrels and nut eatingbirds.

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