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Carya cordiformis, the bitternut hickory, [2] also called bitternut, yellowbud hickory, or swamp hickory, is a large hickory species native to the eastern United States and adjacent Canada. Notable for its unique sulphur-yellow buds, it is one of the most widespread hickories and is the northernmost species of pecan hickory ( Carya sect ...
This list includes plant species found in the state of North Carolina. Varieties and subspecies link to their parent species. ... Bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis ...
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) [48] A relative of the pecan, with a broader range that extends farther north. Its dark-brown, shock-resistant wood is used to make furniture, tools and ladders. It is commonly seen in swamps and damp valleys. Uses: timber; palatable food, pulpwood, sap resins, veneers. [49] All
Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes 19 species accepted by Plants of the World Online. [3] Seven species are native to southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India , and twelve are native to North America. A number of hickory species are used for their edible nuts or for their wood.
Key indicator tree and shrub species of the oak–hickory forest include red oak, black oak, scarlet oak, white oak, Chestnut oak (Quercus montana), Pignut hickory (Carya glabra), Bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis), Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), blueberry, Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), and hawthorn.
Nutmeg hickory is often found in association with native American campsites, often in close association with several other hickory species. This is especially evident at sites on the banks of the Alabama river near Selma where Nutmeg hickory, bitternut, pignut, and Mockernut are found in close association in mixed groves of hardwood. [5]
Carya glabra, the pignut hickory, is a common, but not abundant species of hickory in the oak-hickory forest association in the Eastern United States and Canada. Other common names are pignut , sweet pignut , coast pignut hickory , smoothbark hickory , swamp hickory , and broom hickory .
Bitternut Hickory: Scattered state-wide Least Concern: Juglandaceae: Carya glabra Sweet [1]: 73 Pignut Hickory: State-wide Least Concern: Juglandaceae: Carya laciniosa (Michaux f.) Loudon [1]: 74 Shellbark Hickory: Infrequently in northwest Georgia Least Concern: Juglandaceae: Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. [1]: 75 False Pignut Hickory, Red Hickory