Shag-bark Hickory
Carya ovata
Tree up to 20 m tall with bark stripping in linear stripes. Leaves odd pinnate, 20-25 cm long, consisting mostly of 5 leaflets. Leaflets ovoid with serrated edge and wedge-shaped basis. The biggest leaflet is the apical one. The fruit are fake drupes spheroidal or egg-shaped, in matureness almost black. Mature outer covering of nut is regularly cracking in 4 parts. Nuts are with 4 ribs. The covering is a very strong (6-12 mm thick), whitish, almost smooth, with 4 linear strips.
Shoots: Shoots gently fleecy, older branches glabrous. Branch core is full.
Natural range: North America; in our area introduced.
Buds
Buds are 12-25 mm long, wide-ovoid, brown with yellow hair.
Leaves
Leaves are odd-pinnate, 20-25 cm long, consisting most frequently of 5 leaflets. Leaflets are obovate with serrated margin and wedge-shaped basis. The largest is the apical leaflet. On margins the leaflets are ciliate. The face side is glabrous, the underside is first pubestect, later hairless.
Fruits
The fruit are fake drupes spheroidal or egg-shaped, in matureness almost black. Mature outer covering of nut is regularly cracking in 4 parts. Nuts are with 4 ribs. The covering is a very strong (6-12 mm thick), whitish, almost smooth, with 4 linear strips.