Shagbark Hickory
Genus: Carya
Species: ovata
The Shagbark Hickory tree has an ashy gray bark similar to birch trees except its bark separates into long strips, which give the trunk it's shaggy look.
Shagbark Hickory
(Carya ovata (P.Mill.) K.Koch)
LEAVES: Alternate, compound, 8"-14" long, usually with 5 leaflets, dark yellowish green above, paler, often downy beneath, margins fine-toothed.
Shagbark hickory is one of the largest hickories, growing to over 120 feet tall in a good site. Its main distinguishing characteristic is the smoky-gray peeling plates of bark that hang loosely to the straight, sparingly branched trunk.
SHAGBARK HICKORY
Carya ovata
General Notes
Has Fragrant Leaf. SelecTree lists no cultivars of ovata.
A Carya ovata in Sutter Creek is registered as a California Big Tree.
shagbark hickory Juglandaceae Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch symbol: CAOV2
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* 12. Shagbark Hickory / Hi / Carya ovata leaf
5 leaflets (rarely 7).
margin with fine teeth.
upper surface yellowish-green.
buds ...
Shagbark hickory creates an attractive display in autumn when leaves turn yellow.
Culture
Shagbark grows faster than other hickories, but it still takes some 40 years to reach commercial seed-bearing age.
Carya ovata
Shagbark Hickory
Juglandaceae
Located in front of Frat House #24, along road.
Description:
Shagbark Hickory typically has five leaflets, with the overall length of the leaf being roughly a foot long.
Southern Shagbark Hickory [English]: Carya carolinae-septentrionalis
Southern Shield Fern [English]: Dryopteris ludoviciana
Southern Shield Fern [English]: Thelypteris kunthii
Southern Shield Wood-Fern [English]: Dryopteris ludoviciana ...
radicans Trumpet Vine Campsis radicans 'Flava' Trumpet Vine Carpinus betulus European Hornbeam Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' Upright European Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Carya glabra Pignut Hickory Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory ...
Other hickories having edible nuts that are marketed to a lesser extent include the shagbark hickory (C. ovata) of the E United States, the shellbark hickory (C. laciniosa), chiefly of the Midwest and South, and the mockernut, or white, hickory (C.
Carya myristiciformis - Nutmeg Hickory
Carya ovalis - Red Hickory
Carya ovata - Shagbark Hickory
Carya pallida - Sand Hickory; Pale Hickory
Carya texana - Black Hickory
Carya tomentosa - Mockernut Hickory ...
 See also: Hickory, Carya, Green, Carya ovata, May
  
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