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Shagbark Hickory
Botanical Name:
Carya ovata- Irregular oval-rounded growth habit
- The bark of mature trees is dark gray to brown and exfoliates in long strips
- Compound leaves are dark green with long and narrow pointed glossy leaflets
- Leaves turn yellow to golden brown in the fall
- Non-showy greenish-yellow flowers give way to edible oval-rounded nuts
- Bloom Time: Spring
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Hardiness Zone
4
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Flower Colour
- Lime-green
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Height
22 m-25 m
Width
Spread
15 m-17 m
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Exposure
- Full Sun
- Partial Sun/Shade
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Soil Moisture
- Moist to Average
- Well-drained
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Growth Rate
- Medium
Palette
Foliage Colour
- Green
- Yellow
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Attributes
- Deciduous
- Decorative Winter Bark
- Edible
- Fall Color
- Juglan Tolerant
- Native to Ontario
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Flowering Time
- Spring
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Shape
- Oval
- Rounded
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Garden Uses
- Naturalizing
- Specimen
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Growing Tips & Maintenance
- Shagbark hickory can become a large tree, needing ample space. Once considered hard to transplant. Newer nursery practices are changing this concept.
Note
Additional Notes
- Native to Ontario Nuts were an important food source for Native Americans and early settlers and are commercially sold today. Cross-pollination generally produces a more abundant crop of quality nuts. Hickory wood, an excellent fuel source, is often used to cure or smoke meats. Extremely hard, the wood is used to make a variety of products, including tool handles, ladders, and furniture. The nuts, edible for human beings, are sweeter than walnuts, but hard to grow commercially.Larval host to more than 150 moths including Luna Moth and Regal Moth; and butterflies, including Banded Hairstreak and at least one specialist, Hickory Hairstreak.The shaggy bark provides nesting cover and habitat for overwintering insects; although they are wind-pollinated, the flowers provide pollen for bees; and the nuts provide high-fat food for everything from bears to mice and bats to turkeys.
Shagbark Hickory
Size: 40cm 1gal
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