The pignut hickory (Carya glabra) is a dark-gray tree that extends to 50–60 feet in height with a spread of 25–35 feet. It does well in a variety of soils, even tolerating salty soil and drought.

This week, we introduce the Pignut hickory or Carya glabra. This tree is identifiable by its five-leaflet compound leaves and its small, smooth round nut with a partially open husk at the top. The ...

The family of hickory (Carya) trees can be separated into the major shagbark, pignut, and pecan trees ... leaves with three to five veins that branch off from the main stalk.

You can find pignut hickory from lower Michigan to Central Florida and from the Atlantic to Missouri. Based on where you can find these trees, they seem to be very adaptable. You will find them ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, learn how to tell Red Hickory apart from its cousins shellbark, shagbark and pignut hickory. Located typically in upland dry sites, red hickory stands out with ...

(Clay Wollney) The nuts produced by hickory trees are indeed quite edible ... Staten Island's indigenous species include mockernut, pignut, shagbark, and bitternut hickory.

MORRISTON — About two weeks ago, an ancient pignut hickory split nearly down the middle, sending almost half of the tree crashing to the ground in a stand of old growth in northwest Marion County.

A 145-year-old pignut hickory tree at McKelvey Park was victim to Tropical Storm Colin’s winds Monday night. The tree blew into Manatee Avenue West, where it took Donny Hagg, landscape and ...

COLUMBIA — A pignut hickory tree fell on a house on Cunningham Road around 3 a.m. Monday. High winds contributed to the fall, according to Tim Buckler of Nelson's Tree Service. Bryan Hartnagel ...