. American forest trees, by Henry H. Gibson;. Trees; Timber. 376 American Forest Trees Xorth Carolina Shagbark Hickory (Hicoria caroliruB-seplenlrionalis) is found in the neighboring parts of the four states: North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee; and Alabama. In the best land this tree is occasionally eighty feet high and two or three in diameter, but when it occurs on dry hillsides its average height is twenty or thirty feet, and its diameter about a foot. The compound leaves are from four to eight inches long, with usually three, but occasionally five leaflets. The sweet nuts are small and bro
. American forest trees, by Henry H. Gibson;. Trees; Timber. 376 American Forest Trees Xorth Carolina Shagbark Hickory (Hicoria caroliruB-seplenlrionalis) is found in the neighboring parts of the four states: North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee; and Alabama. In the best land this tree is occasionally eighty feet high and two or three in diameter, but when it occurs on dry hillsides its average height is twenty or thirty feet, and its diameter about a foot. The compound leaves are from four to eight inches long, with usually three, but occasionally five leaflets. The sweet nuts are small and brown. The bark separates into thick strips a foot or more in length and three or four inches wide. The rough trunk resembles the northern shagbark hickory. The wood is very tough, strong, and hard, the heart light reddish-brown, the thin sapwood nearly white. It is not distinguished from the other hickories in commerce, and it has the same uses when any use is made of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, Henry H. , 1855-; Maxwell, Hu, 1860-1927. Chicago : Hardwood record
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