Mockernut Hickory
(Wide & Flat: Alternate Arrangement) |
| Mockernut hickory is so named because the nuts are large but with
thick shells and very small kernels. Found in moist open woods and slopes mostly
in the southern part of the state, it usually reaches 50'-75' high. A black dye
can be extracted from the bark by boiling it in vinegar solution. As with other
hickories, the wood is heavy, hard, and strong and used for tool handles and furniture. |
Carya tomentosa (Lam.ex Poir.) Nutt
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| Leaves |
| Alternate, compound, 8"-12" long with 7 to 9 leaflets,
margins toothed, dark yellowish green above, brownish beneath with golden glandular
dots, leaves very fragrant when crushed, the leaf stems finely hairy. |
| Twigs |
| Stout and hairy, reddish brown to brownish gray with numerous
pale lenticels and distinct three-lobed leaf scars. Buds large, with 3 to 5 yellowish
brown, densely hairy outer scales, end buds ½" to ¾" long. |
| Fruit |
| Nearly round to egg-shaped, 1½"-2" long,
with a thick husk which splits into 4 pieces when ripe. The slightly ridged, thick
shelled nut is reddish brown with a sweet kernel. Flowers in catkins, about May
when the leaves are half-developed. |
| Bark |
| The gray to dark gray bark is tight when young and becomes
shallowly fissured as the tree ages. |
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