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Carya tomentosa, commonly known as mockernut hickory, mockernut, white hickory, whiteheart hickory, hognut, bullnut, is a species of tree in the walnut family Juglandaceae. The most abundant of the hickories , and common in the eastern half of the United States, it is long lived, sometimes reaching the age of 500 years.
Nutmeg hickory is often found in association with native American campsites, often in close association with several other hickory species. This is especially evident at sites on the banks of the Alabama river near Selma where Nutmeg hickory, bitternut, pignut, and Mockernut are found in close association in mixed groves of hardwood. [5]
Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes 19 species accepted by Plants of the World Online. [3] Seven species are native to southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India , and twelve are native to North America. A number of hickory species are used for their edible nuts or for their wood.
Varieties and subspecies link to their parent species. Introduced species are designated (I). Polypodiales ... Mockernut hickory, Carya tomentosa; Black walnut ...
There are too many beautiful and useful species of trees to mention. Some large trees to consider are winged elm, Southern red oak, white oak, Shumard oak, swamp chestnut oak, basswood, mockernut ...
Shellbark hickory may be found in pure groups of several trees but is more frequent singly in association with other hardwoods. The species is a minor component of the forest cover types bur oak (Society of American Foresters type 42), pin oak–sweetgum (type 65), and swamp chestnut oak–cherrybark oak (type 91). It may also be found in one ...
Mature stands have a variety of oak and hickory species adapted to dry-mesic conditions. Oaks include northern red oak ( Quercus rubra ), white oak ( Quercus alba ), black oak ( Quercus velutina ), and scarlet oak ( Quercus coccinea ); hickories include mockernut hickory ( Carya tomentosa ), shagbark hickory ( Carya ovata ), red hickory ( Carya ...
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory) [58] Mature specimens can be identified by the peeling bark. It grows well in humid climates. This species and Carya glabra account for much of the supply of hickory wood in the US. Uses: timber; palatable food, pulpwood, sap resins. [59] All but FL