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.

For full article with additional photos view: Intro to Trees of Indiana: Mockernut Hickory Other Resources: Hickory and Pecan Species in the Hardwood Lumber and Veneer Series, The Education Store, ...

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 ...

Melissa McMasters / Flickr / CC BY 2.0. The mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa) reaches 50–60 feet tall and 20–30 feet wide.This species is tolerant of drought but not poor drainage and is ...

When it comes to fall foliage, this has been a somewhat lackluster year, but on my hillside and on a few other homesites in the neighborhood, the steadfast, old hickory ...

Hickories are a very common tree in the forests of Frederick County. There are five varieties of hickory that are native here: the pignut, mockernut, shagbark, shellbark and bitternut hickory.

Bark: Dark gray bark that peels away and upwards, giving it a shaggy appearance Leaves: Have five to seven alternate, medium yellow-green, odd-pinnate leaves that grow to an average length of 12 ...

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.

Very long life, very slow death of one loblolly pine at Hot Springs integral part of history. January 17, 2022 at 2:08 a.m. by Jerry Butler ...

Tree species will include red maple, mockernut hickory, Atlantic white cedar, big-flowered silverbell, black gum, longleaf pine, white oak, and pond cypress. A "Tree Questions and Answers" session ...

The tree made national headlines when it was felled in 2023. 49 saplings or 'trees of hope' from the sycamore will now be planted to represent how it was over 49 feet when it stood.

The tree was too mighty to be felled by a child with a hatchet, but the wound a child might inflict could eventually lead to a tree's demise. In the early 1990s, an invasive pine beetle began ...