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COMMON NAME

Shagbark hickory

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Carya ovata

Plant family

Walnut (Juglandaceae)

Plant group

Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

Large compound leaves with five to seven leaflets, the terminal leaflet being the largest. The trunk bark on mature trees is very shaggy with long peeling strips.
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Large compound leaves with five to seven leaflets, with the terminal leaflet being the largest. The trunk bark on mature trees is very shaggy with long peeling strips. Fruit is about one inch in diameter, with a thick husk. Found in woods.
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Flowers of Shagbark hickory open after the leaves are almost fully grown, emerging between March and June. Fruits ripen in September and October and disperse from September until as late as December.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Connecticut , Delaware , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia
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