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Estimated Height at Pickup: .5-1', 3 gal

Shagbark hickory’s slightly smaller sibling! These trees may reach 100’ in ideal conditions, but 50’-80’ is more common. Like other hickories, it hosts many insects and supports a variety of wildlife with it’s nuts.

Pollination: 2+ individuals recommended. 

Light: Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade

Soil Moisture: Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic

Soil Type: Loam, Humus, Clay Loam, Sandy Loam

Height: 50’-100’

Width: 40’-60’

Bloom Color: -

Bloom Time: Apr-May

Fruit: Large nuts in a thick green hull mature in fall. Edible, but difficult to shell.

Fall Color: Yellow, Orange

Root Type: Taproot

Notable Wildlife Interactions: Hosts a variety of insects including the banded hairstreak and hickory hairstreak butterflies, several underwing moths, leafhoppers, beetles, and smaller insects. Nuts are eaten by animals including squirrels, chipmunks, turkey, and bobwhite. Commonly browsed by deer, and tapped by yellow-bellied sapsuckers. Provides valuable habitat for woodland animals, including bats.

Notes: So called because, though the nuts are as large as shagbark hickory’s, they have a thicker shell and contain less meat- thus making a mockery of those looking for shagbark nuts. Nuts are best consumed by cracking and boiling to create ‘hickory nut milk’. Female flowers are insignificant and male flowers are on catkins, both appear on one plant. Plants tend to grow straight, and the strong wood is often harvested for lumber. Trees produce nuts in ~25 years.