The pignut hickory has smaller buds and finer twigs than its cousins shagbark and mockernut hickory, and its nut is smooth and not ribbed. Its alternately held leaves are typically five leaflets, but ...

Hickory, including pignut and shagbark, do shed bark and nuts. When I go through my yard, I have found some of the round nut pickers seem to help pick up the nuts.

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 compound ...

"It’s going to take another 70, 80 years to get something like this back," Verweij said of a large Pignut Hickory tree at Thrifton Hill Park--snapped in half by Saturday's violent storm.

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.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A Manatee County community is mourning Tropical Storm Colin’s lone casualty — a beloved tree that stood for more than a century. Community members are so upset about ...

Bradenton. 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 ...

Maple . Maple (Acer) trees contain a tremendous number of species—about 125, although five are much more common in North America than the rest.The majority of maples are known for their simple ...

The wood of hickory trees is very hard. Hickory lumber is used for making things like ax handles and baseball bats, which require tough wood that can take wear and tear. It also makes good ...

Ash trees, which belong to the olive family, have leaves divided in a similar fashion, but note that they’re aligned opposite one another on the branches while walnut and hickory leaves alternate.

The storms that swept through Michigan on Monday downed lines and uprooted trees across the region, knocking out power to a total of about 121,000 Consumers Energy customers; by Monday evening ...

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.