“Like those of pecan trees, the buds of bitternut hickory are naked, not covered by bud scales,” she says. “What we are seeing is actually minute powdery-yellow leaves.” The bitternut ...

The bitternut hickory has one of the less appealing nuts ... Hickories have compound leaves with a central stem bearing multiple leaflets along the sides and at the end.

This week, we introduce the bitternut hickory or Carya cordiformis. This cousin of the pecan, has anywhere from five to 11 leaflets, commonly seven to nine, on each alternately held compound leaf.

Made up of seven to 11 toothed and pointed leaflets, the compound leaves grow up to 10 inches long. Leaves turn yellow in the fall. The grayish bark appears scaly; trunks grow up to 2 feet in ...

Anytime, anywhere, I could see myself hiking with my parents or siblings past its slender leaves, or splashing ... in fact, bitternut hickory, not shagbark, and thus produced nuts we’d find ...

The tree's fall leaf color is a rich gold ... are common and recognizable by their rock-hard shells. Bitternut and pignut are two other hickory types that aren't nearly as tasty (somewhat bitter ...

which can easily be seen in winter when leaves have fallen in the woods. My hickory still has fairly smooth bark, so how do I know it’s a shagbark and not a bitternut hickory or other hickory ...