Carya glabra
pignut hickory
Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Wood
Technical Fact Sheet
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Products Lab, USFS)
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Effects On
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North American Timber Types
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The Great American
Hardwood Forest
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Quick Stats
Common Names: Also also called pignut, sweet pignut, coast pignut hickory,
smoothbark hickory, swamp hickory, and broom hickory.
Habitat: Moist and dry uplands.
Description: A common but not abundant species in the oak-hickory forest association in Eastern United States.
Uses: Lumber, fuelwood
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