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Deciduous tree to 50 feet; leaves alternate, once pinnately compound, with usually 7 leaflets; flowers April to May as leaves unfold, male flowers in drooping clusters, female flowers resembling tiny nuts, at tips of new growth; fruit maturing in fall, nuts in tough, splitting oval shaped husks without a pronounced "neck."
Deciduous tree to 50 feet; leaves alternate, once pinnately compound, with usually 7 leaflets; flowers April to May as leaves unfold, male flowers in drooping clusters, female flowers resembling tiny nuts, at tips of new growth; fruit maturing in fall, nuts in tough, splitting oval shaped husks without a pronounced "neck."
Deciduous tree to 50 feet; leaves alternate, once pinnately compound, with usually 7 leaflets; flowers April to May as leaves unfold, male flowers in drooping clusters, female flowers resembling tiny nuts, at tips of new growth; fruit maturing in fall, nuts in tough, splitting oval shaped husks without a pronounced "neck."
Ornamental Characteristics
Hickories have a beautiful yellow fall color.
Landscape Use
Specimen or shade tree.
Horticultural Cultivars
None.
Availability/Propagation
Not available in nurseries. Propagate from seed.
Culture
Preserve in landscape if it is found on the property.
Coastal Ecology
Red hickory grows on dry, upland soils in the maritime forest, with a more restricted ecological range than its close relative Carya glabra, pignut hickory. The nuts are sweet and serve as a food for wildlife.
Red Hickory, also known as Sweet Pignut Hickory, is an uncommon to occasional medium-large tree — never common, but not particularly rare either.
Greensboro, NC 5/15/10.
Red Hickory is similar to
Pignut Hickory
(Carya glabra)
, but the leaves usually have 7 leaflets instead of 5, may be pubescent beneath instead of glabrous, and the petioles are red instead of green. Red Hickory was formerly lumped with Pignut Hickory by some authors, but they really are quite distinct.
Greensboro, NC 5/15/10.
Petiole bases are red. Buds are similar to those of the closely related
Sand Hickory
(C. pallida)
, but without golden-colored glands.
Family
