Other common names:
Big Shagbark Hickory, Big Shellbark Hickory, Kingnut French names:
Caryer lacinié Family: Walnut Family (Juglandaceae) Group: Hickories Distinctive features: Tree; Closely resembles the familiar Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata). Larger nuts & leaves. Leaf stalks often stay on the tree into the following year. Similar species: • Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis) •
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata) - very similar, much more common in Ontario. •
Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra) Leaves: Alternate, Compound, Entire; Compound, alternate. Fruit/Seeds:
Nuts edible. Habitat: Forests; Usually moist to wet sites, valleys, stream banks; mixed woods. Books: Trees in Canada: 206 Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Rare in Ontario.
Notes:
Rare in Ontario. Easily confused with Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata).
Photographs:
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