. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees oe the Noetheen- States and Canada. The Shag-bark Hickory is an important forest tree occasionally attaining or even sur- passing the height of 100 ft., with straight columnar trunk 2-3 ft. in diameter vested in a singular gray bark. This exfoliates in long hard plate-like strips, whieli, hanging long at- tached at their upper ends, suggest an ap- pearance of shagginess; hence its name. When growing apart from other trees it develops an oblong or obovoid top with
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees oe the Noetheen- States and Canada. The Shag-bark Hickory is an important forest tree occasionally attaining or even sur- passing the height of 100 ft., with straight columnar trunk 2-3 ft. in diameter vested in a singular gray bark. This exfoliates in long hard plate-like strips, whieli, hanging long at- tached at their upper ends, suggest an ap- pearance of shagginess; hence its name. When growing apart from other trees it develops an oblong or obovoid top with strong graceful upright branches, pendent lower branches and clean handsome foliage. It thrives best on low hill-sides and along the banks of streams where it Is commonly associated with the Bass- wood, Maples, Cottonwood, Oaks, other Hick- ories, etc. The wood of this tree is hard, strong and tough, -a- cubic foot when absolutely dry weigh- ing lbs., and is highly valued for tool- handles, agricultural implements, baskets, for fuel, etc., and it is this tree which yields the common small hickory nuts of Leaves 8-20 in. long, with rather stout petioles and .5 (rarely 7) leaflets which are ovate-lance- olate to obovate, rather cimeate and uneiiual at base, acuminate, serrate, thicl5 and firm, dark green above, paler beneath : bud-scales imbricated, the inner ones accrescent. Flowers in May : starai- nate 4-5 in. long, in glandular-hairy aments; middle lobe of calyx narrow and much longer than the rounded lateral lobes; .stamens 4; pistillate in 2-5-fiowered spike's, rusty-tomentose. Fruit 1-8 together, 1-2% in. long, subglobose, depressed at apex, with tliick husk splitting soon to the base ; nut whitish, compressed, more or less 4-angled, %-l in. long ; seed with rich delicious flavor. 1. yyn. Cnypii alhn Null. 2. .A. \ 11. :; Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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