Bitternut Hickory
Scientific Name:Carya cordiformis


NOTES: Distinctive yellow buds and small bitter nuts with thin, ridged shells. Leaves compound, 7-9 leaflets. Non-peeling, light grayish-brown bark. Grows in moist forest.

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Bitternut Hickory
Genus species: Carya cordiformis
Common Name: Bitternut Hickory
Family Name: Juglandaceae  
Deciduous trees, often resinous and aromatic; leaves alternate, odd-pinnately compound; flowers unisexual (plants monoecious), bracteate, the male in catkins, the female solitary or in spikes; fruit a drupelike nut, enclosed in an involucre.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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