. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. MOCKER-NUT HICKORY. ilicoiia alba () l^ritt.^. Fig. 72. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit,outer scales of the terminal bud are falling Trunk of a tree at Biltmore, N. C. leafless brancklet in late winter, 2 The Handbook of Tkees or the Noethern States and Canada. 03 A tie: sometimes attaining tlie lieiglit ofyu or 100 ft. with trunk ;{ ft. in tliici<ness,thougli usually consideralily smaller. Whenisolateil from other trees it develops an oblongor ratlier wide-toitped he
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. MOCKER-NUT HICKORY. ilicoiia alba () l^ritt.^. Fig. 72. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit,outer scales of the terminal bud are falling Trunk of a tree at Biltmore, N. C. leafless brancklet in late winter, 2 The Handbook of Tkees or the Noethern States and Canada. 03 A tie: sometimes attaining tlie lieiglit ofyu or 100 ft. with trunk ;{ ft. in tliici<ness,thougli usually consideralily smaller. Whenisolateil from other trees it develops an oblongor ratlier wide-toitped head witli strong up-right lateral and pendent lower bark of trunk is of a eolor. roughwith obscure scaly ridges. It is more eom-monly found on hillsides and ridges than isthe Shell-bark, which it leaves to the in-undated river bottoms and rarely invades itsterritory. In the northern part of its rangeit is mainly eontined to the coast region wiiereit associates with the various Oaks, RedCedar, Sassafras, Sweet Birch, Sweet Gum,Tulip, etc. To the southward it is more abun-dant and more generally distributed. The w(jod of the ]\I
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