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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, leaflets usually 7, densely hairy and glandular on the lower surface; 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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Mockernut hickory occurs infrequently on the barrier islands, but more commonly inland, where it grows in dry, sandy deciduous woods. A beautiful, tough, straight, slender tree, mockernut hickory should be conserved in landscapes for its rugged beauty.
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