Plant Description
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.

Carya tomentosa, Mockernut hickory

All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell.

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