Carya laciniosaIndiana Native
Shellbark Hickory

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
non-showy pendulous catkins
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark yellow-green)
 Stem Notes:
Brown/Copper (pubescent, finally glabrous)
 Fruit Notes:
hickory nuts, with a nutty and sweet taste
 Ultimate Height:
60-80 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
35-45 feet
 Bloom Times:
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Water Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers deep, moist, fertile soils of floodplains and bottomlands.
 Range:
New York to Iowa, south to Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
The leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, 10 to 24" long, 7 leaflets, rarely 5-9, 4 to 10" long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, dark yellow-green, pubescent beneath. The petiole and rachis are pubescent or glabrous, often peristent during winter. Similar to C. ovata in bud, stem and bark characteristics but leaflets do not have hairs at tip of teeth like those of C. ovata. The oval fruit is somewhat larger (2"), 1/4" husk, lacking wings, and the nut is 4- to 6-ribbed versus the 4-ribbed nut of C. ovata.
  Special Characteristics:

Additional Information

This high branching tree has a straight, slender trunk, narrowing crown, and small spreading branches with the lower branches drooping and upper branches ascending. The nut that is produced is sweet and edible. The Shellbark Hickory is similar to C. ovata (Shagbark Hickory) in many respects, except it does not grow as large and tends to grow near lowlands or bottomlands where there is more moisture in the soil. The wood from this tree provides excellent lumber quality.

4 Carya laciniosa found

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Number Accession ID Location
12022_15768*AHORTPARK
22024_00039*AHORTPARK
32024_00039*BHORTPARK
42024_00067*AHORTPARK

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