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Carya ovata var. ovata (northern shagbark hickory) has its largest leaflets over 20 cm (8 in) long and nuts 3–4 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) long. Carya ovata var. australis (southern shagbark hickory or Carolina hickory) has its largest leaflets under 20 cm (8 in) long and nuts 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) long.
Carya laciniosa (shellbark hickory) [54] Broadly, but not commonly, distributed. The wood is used for tool handles and furniture. The nuts are the largest among the hickories, providing food for wildlife. Uses: timber; palatable food, sap resins, veneers. [55] ME, the eastern Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast
Carya laciniosa, the shellbark hickory, in the Juglandaceae or walnut family is also called kingnut, big, bottom, thick, or western shellbark, attesting to some of its characteristics. It is a slow-growing, long-lived tree, hard to transplant because of its long taproot, and subject to insect damage.
Hickory (Carya) Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) Hornbeam (Carpinus spp.) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Ipê (Handroanthus spp.) Iroko, African teak (Milicia excelsa) Ironwood. Balau (Shorea spp.) American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Shellbark Hickory: Infrequently in northwest Georgia Least Concern: Juglandaceae: Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. [1]: 75 False Pignut Hickory, Red Hickory: State-wide G5 - Secure: Juglandaceae: Carya ovata (Miller) K. Koch var. ovata [1]: 75 Shagbark Hickory: Piedmont to south-west Coastal Plain: G5 - Secure: Juglandaceae: Carya pallida (Ashe ...
Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) has over 130 named cultivars. They are a valuable source of food for wildlife, and were eaten by indigenous peoples of the Americas and settlers alike. [47] Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) nuts are sweet, and are the largest of the hickories. They are also eaten by a wide variety of wildlife.
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The current oak–hickory forest includes the former range of the oak–chestnut forest region, which encompassed the northeast portion of the current oak–hickory range. When the American chestnut population succumbed to invasive fungal blight in the early 20th century, those forests shifted to an oak and hickory dominated ecosystem.