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Characteristics
 Family-
Juglandaceae--The Walnut Family
- Origin
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Native NC
- Plant Description
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Deciduous tree to 60-80 feet; leaves alternate, once pinnately compound with 7, 9 or 11 leaflets; flowers April to May as leaves unfold, male flowers in drooping clusters, female flowers resembling tiny nuts, at tips of new growth; fruit maturing in fall, nuts in tough, splitting husks.
- Ornamental Characteristics
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Hickories have beautiful yellow fall color.
- Landscape Use
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Specimen or shade tree.
- Horticultural Cultivars
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None.
- Availability/Propagation
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Not available in nurseries. Propagate from seed.
- Culture
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Preserve in landscape if it is found on the property.
- Coastal Ecology
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Bitternut hickory grows in the maritime forest in association with loblolly pines, on moist, fertile sites in low areas in swales. Young trees are moderately shade tolerant. Bitternut hickory nuts are not as good for wildlife food as other hickories.
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