. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. I'< r: '^?l }» ir 116 BITTER NUT HICKORY Carya cordiformis, (Wangenheim) K. Koch FOEM-A rather large tree aaually 60^75 ft. high with a diameter »'^V^,JJi«Tne?'^(^ . yZtZZtiaa ft wltii a diameter of 2J-3 feet. Trunk long, clean, with little taper. Crown ^^C^.^roa-de:?":.e'ar^tr rather Ihallow In forest grown lateral tranche, stout and aacendlng, often with aeml-penduloag branchlets. BAEK^LIght gray, rather thin, roughoned by shallow flBBures and na^ow ^l^ge.; tight- ntmgZtlLn n^l^ off or riiag of
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. I'< r: '^?l }» ir 116 BITTER NUT HICKORY Carya cordiformis, (Wangenheim) K. Koch FOEM-A rather large tree aaually 60^75 ft. high with a diameter »'^V^,JJi«Tne?'^(^ . yZtZZtiaa ft wltii a diameter of 2J-3 feet. Trunk long, clean, with little taper. Crown ^^C^.^roa-de:?":.e'ar^tr rather Ihallow In forest grown lateral tranche, stout and aacendlng, often with aeml-penduloag branchlets. BAEK^LIght gray, rather thin, roughoned by shallow flBBures and na^ow ^l^ge.; tight- ntmgZtlLn n^l^ off or riiag off in looae ^.alea like the Shag-bark Hickory. See Pig. 112. TWIOS-Slender wnooth. glossy, often yellow-glandular and hairy towards apex, grayish or^ngt;^^ ?; i^dTsh.' ro'ughe^ned with numerous pale and longitudinally-elongated lentlcels; pith brown and angular. Bnns-Altemate covered by 4 yellowish, glandular-dotted scales occurring in Talrate pairs. TS^^uH^denTy "on^'ted. flattened, blunt-pointed. Lateral buds ^'-"f. "".^^^i SiTto^it w- axillary one usually small and shanhpolnted; the upper one larger, eridently-stalked and angular. LEAVES-Altemate. 6-10 inches long, compomid. with 7-11 ]^'^^^-^J^''^^2rlT^lmuX oTateianceolate. lateral ones sessile, shan^polnted at apex, finely toothed o° T'^"' °^"*"*'^ teS^eait-shaped at base; when mature dark yellowish-green above, paler below. LEAF-BCAES-Altemate. large, conspicuous, raised, heart-shaped, triangular t?^ «»'P««*J' lighter than twigs, containing numerous bundle-scars arranged in 8 group, or in a single curved line or occasionally scattered Irregularly over whole scar. FLOWEES-Appear about May when leave, are half-developed. Stomlnate and Pjjtmate flo™ <^ f^°?*i„^ *°!^ by developing this tree in mixture with others in the farmer's woodlot and in ferti e porttons of Urger forests. It is not gregarious but prefers to grow a. a single specimen to mixture with other PLATE
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