. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 86 Illinois Natiisal Histohy Schvky Eiiiktin The nuts, which are larger than Shagbark nuts, though not so pleas- antly flavored, are sold frequently on the market. Though hard to crack, thev can he wetted and then dried by heat—a process which renders them easy to crack. CARYA ALBA K. Kocii Hickory The tree commonly called Hickory, but known also as White Hick- ory and Mockernut, is of moderate size, with either a narrow, oblong crown of U])right. rigid branches or a broad, round-topped crown of graceful, somewhat drooping branches. Its alternate,
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 86 Illinois Natiisal Histohy Schvky Eiiiktin The nuts, which are larger than Shagbark nuts, though not so pleas- antly flavored, are sold frequently on the market. Though hard to crack, thev can he wetted and then dried by heat—a process which renders them easy to crack. CARYA ALBA K. Kocii Hickory The tree commonly called Hickory, but known also as White Hick- ory and Mockernut, is of moderate size, with either a narrow, oblong crown of U])right. rigid branches or a broad, round-topped crown of graceful, somewhat drooping branches. Its alternate, compotmd leaves, 8 to 12 inches long, have 5 or 7, some- times 9, sharply pointed, toothed, and lustrous leaflets sessile in pairs, the odd one being at the end of the rather stout, hairy, flattened, and grooved petiole. The staminate catkins hang in 3's from rather short, hairy stalks, and the pistillate flowers stand in 2- to 5-flowered spikes. The ellipsoid to obovate, reddish-brown nut-husk, 1 y^ to 2 inches long and about % of an inch thick, holds the more or less glo- bose and more or less 4-ridged, light reddish-brown, thick- and hard-shelled nut. The dark-brown seed is small and sweet. The very stout, hairy twigs, gray in the second season, bear large, 3-lobed leaf-scars, above which stand the dark-brown lateral buds. The reddish-brown or yellowish trunk, which attains a diameter of 2 or 3 feet, is clothed with rather thin, gray bark with shallow, irregular fissures. The tree is usually 50 to 80 feet high, but may attain 100 feet. Distribution: The Hickory ranges from Massachusetts to Iowa, Florida, and Texas, finding suitable situations on dry slopes and ridges more often than on bottomlands. In Illinois, it occurs throughout the State, but is most abundant toward the south. It rarely occurs in pure stands, and it is found usually in the oak-hickory Fig. 29. Distribution of tlie Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image
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