This week, we introduce the Pignut hickory or Carya glabra. This tree is identifiable by its five-leaflet compound leaves and its small, smooth round nut with a partially open husk at the top. The ...

The pignut hickory (Carya glabra) is a dark-gray tree that extends to 50–60 feet in height with a spread of 25–35 feet. It does well in a variety of soils, even tolerating salty soil and drought.

The family of hickory (Carya) trees can be separated into the major shagbark, pignut, and pecan trees. Shagbarks are easily identified by their shaggy, peeling grey bark. Pignut trees have bitter ...

You can find pignut hickory from lower Michigan to Central Florida and from the Atlantic to Missouri. Based on where you can find these trees, they seem to be very adaptable. You will find them ...

A common tree in the eastern United States, southern shagbark's unique shaggy appearance makes it one of the easiest ...

Of the 89 tree varieties tracked by the DNR ... eastern hemlock, mockernut hickory, pignut hickory, red hickory, black maple, red maple, red mulberry, blackjack oak, cherrybark oak, chinquapin ...