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Tree info 1 |
 Mockernut hickory branch |
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Tree info 2 |
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Tree info 1 |
Mockernut hickory branch |
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Tree info 2 |
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| Identifying Characteristics | |
Size/Form: |
Mockernut hickory is a medium tree reaching 50' to 60' in height. Broadly crowned. New sprouts can grow from stumps. |
Leaves: |
Leaves are deciduous, alternate and pinnately compound growing 6" to 12" in length with 5 to 7 leaflets, each growing up to 8" long. The lowermost pair of the leaflet is ovate and much smaller than the others. The remaining leaves are obvate or broadly elliptical with the uppermost pair almost the same size as the terminal leaflet. Leaves are shiny yellowish-green on top, and pale green below. The leaves and twigs have a rusty-brown, fuzzy appearance due to pubescence. The top of the leaf is sparsely pubescent, with the underside densely pubescent. The leaves turn bright yellow in the Fall. |
Fruit: |
Fruits are 1 1/2" to 2" long, thick shelled, and round or pear-shaped. They are green at first, turning brown as they get older. At maturity, the sides split apart so that there are four pieces of thick husk surrounding the seed. |
Bark: |
Bark is gray with shallow and narrow ridges and furrows in a diamond-like pattern. |
Habitat: |
Mockernut hickory is found on moist soil of bottomlands and uplands. |
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