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Scalybark Hickory, Shagbark Hickory, Shellbark Hickory

Carya ovata

Photo by JOHN2
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34.2005, -84.5674

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Description:

Large tall tree with shaggy bark, light gray.
Leaves pinnately compound & elliptical leaflets, stalkless, edges finely saw-toothed & hairy, green above & lighter below. Twigs brown/green & hairy.
Hickory nut rounded green turns brown.

Habitat:

Moist soil in small valley in mixed forest in Cushing Mem. Park in Canton, GA 30114.

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