Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) is a shaggy gray-bark species. This ...

Shagbark hickory, Carya ovata, is native to southeast Nebraska. The common name refers to the long, peeling strips of bark on mature trees. They bear edible nuts that are highly sought after by both ...

A volunteer hickory is growing in my backyard. No human planted it. Likely a squirrelly did the delightful deed. The rodent buried it where sun-loving prairie plants were growing, which means as the ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Of the dozen or so American hickories, shellbark and shagbark hickory trees ...