In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the mockernut or white hickory. This species is typically found on high dry ridges and other dry soil locations.

Oval nuts have a five- to six-sectioned husk and are the largest of the hickory species. The mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa) reaches 50–60 feet tall and 20–30 feet wide. This species is ...

For instance, in many, if not most, of the guides mockernut hickory will be classified as ... with its hard sinewy limbs and rude, shaggy coat, like the pioneer himself in fringed deerskin hunting ...

This week, we introduce the White hickory or Carya tomentosa. This tree, also known as mockernut hickory, has stout twigs like those of shagbark hickory and large terminal buds, but its bark is not ...

There are five varieties of hickory that are native here: the pignut, mockernut, shagbark, shellbark and bitternut hickory. Pignut and mockernut hickories prefer upland areas and are often ...

The two species of hickory trees, Mockernut Hickory and Shagbark Hickory, that adorn my woods are like old friends that have seen the seasons and years come and go. As the surrounding landscape ...

They should get in touch with the land.” The name mockernut is from the mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa) that grows throughout the area and also is known as white hickory, white heart hickory ...