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Carya tomentosa

mockernut hickory

Silviculture
(courtesy of Silvics Manual, Northeast S&PF, USFS) 

Fire Effects On
(courtesy of  U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects) 

From Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)

North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry) 

The Great American Hardwood Forest
(courtesy About Forestry) 

Recent Champion: 156' height, 70' spread, 140" circumf., Humphreys County, Mississippi
National Register of Big Trees

Hickory Wood Tech Sheet
(fact sheet courtesy of USFS in .pdf) 

Tree and Hickory Images
(courtesy of  ForestryImages.org)

Historic Hickory Images
(courtesy of  University of Chicago and the Library of Congress)

Buy a Hickory Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)

 Image
(images courtesy of Steve Nix and About.com)

Range Map
{Native Range of mockernut hickory}
-The native range of mockernut hickory, USFS.

Quick Stats
Common Names:  Also also called mockernut, white hickory, whiteheart hickory, hognut, and bullnut

Habitat:  Moist uplands

Description:  The most abundant of the hickories, it is long lived, sometimes reaching the age of 500 years

Uses:  Lumber, fuelwood


 

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