. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Big Shellbark 231 light red and hairy. The pistillate flowers are clustered 2 to 5 together, somewhat constricted toward the top, pale hairy; their stigmas are dark red. The fruit is globose or globose-obovoid, 4 to 9 cm. long, dark reddish hairy or nearly smooth; husk thick, readily splitting to near the base; the nut smooth, slightly flattened, 4-angled, pointed at the top, rounded at the base and reddish brown, the she
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Big Shellbark 231 light red and hairy. The pistillate flowers are clustered 2 to 5 together, somewhat constricted toward the top, pale hairy; their stigmas are dark red. The fruit is globose or globose-obovoid, 4 to 9 cm. long, dark reddish hairy or nearly smooth; husk thick, readily splitting to near the base; the nut smooth, slightly flattened, 4-angled, pointed at the top, rounded at the base and reddish brown, the shell and partitions thick and hard; seed sweet, relatively small, deeply lobed, brown and shining. The wood is very hard, strong, tough and elastic, close-grained, and dark brown; its specific gravity is about It is used as is the wood of other species, all of which are indiscriminately called hickory ia the lumber trade. A handsome tree, which retains its foliage longer in the autumn than most other hickories. 8. BIG SHELLBARK — Hicoria laciniosa (F. A. Michaux) Sargent Juglans laciniosa F. A. Michaux. Carya sulcata NuttaE, not Juglans sulcata Willdenow This tree grows mainly in rich lands that are more or less subject to overflow along rivers from New York to Iowa and Nebraska, southward to Tennessee and Arkansas. It is rare near the Atlantic coast, but very plentiful in the central States. Its maximum height is about 40 meters, with a trunk diameter of m. It is also known as the Big shagbark. Thick shellbark, Kingnut, and Gloucester broad nut. The trunk is straight and rather slender. The branches are mostly short and spreading, forming a narrow cylindric tree. The bark is gray, to 4 cm. thick, freely splitting into long and narrow plates, which hang on for many years; the bark of the branches is smoother and lighter. The twigs are stout, angular, hairy, becoming round, nearly smooth, and yellowish, by which feature it is easily distinguished from all other hic
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