 |
Pignut Hickory
|
 |
Medium sized tree growing to between 15 and 20 meters tall
and 30 to 80 centimeters in diameter. Slow-growing; long-lived; sprouts
readily after fire, cutting or browsing. Named pignut for the very
bitternuts which were considered fit only for pigs.
BUDS: Small terminal bud, dome shaped, grayish and somewhat pubescent. Lateral buds smaller and with a blunt tip. TWIGS: Thin and glabrous; greenish becoming grayish. BARK: Thin, tight surface breaking into fissures and sometimes separating into small loose strips. HABITAT: Xeric to dry-mesic oak-hickory forests.
|