Knowra Carya glabra Carya glabra Carya glabra, or pignut hickory, is a deciduous tree native to eastern North America. It is distinguished by pear-shaped nuts and compound leaves with usually five leaflets.
Carya : Carya is a genus of deciduous trees in the walnut family, native to Asia and North America. Pignut hickory is one of the genus’s North American species.
Catkin : A catkin is a slender, hanging cluster of small flowers, usually wind-pollinated. Pignut hickory produces male flowers in catkins in spring.
Hickory wood : Hickory wood is dense, tough timber from trees in the genus Carya. Pignut hickory wood is used for tool handles, fuel, and other demanding applications.
Carya ovata : Carya ovata, or shagbark hickory, is a deciduous North American tree recognized by its peeling bark. Unlike pignut hickory, it has conspicuously shaggy bark and usually five leaflets.
Juglandaceae : Juglandaceae is a family of trees that includes walnuts, hickories, and pecans. This family places pignut hickory among its close botanical relatives.
Wind pollination : Wind pollination is the transfer of pollen between flowers by air currents. Pignut hickory relies on wind to move pollen between its flowers.
Woodworking : Woodworking is the craft of making objects from wood by cutting, shaping, and joining it. The species’ strong wood can be sawn and shaped for practical uses.
Carya tomentosa : Carya tomentosa, or mockernut hickory, is a large eastern North American tree with densely hairy leaf undersides. Its larger nuts and hairy leaflets help distinguish it from pignut hickory.
Eastern United States : The eastern United States is the region east of the Great Plains, extending from the Atlantic coast toward the Mississippi Valley. Much of the species’ native range lies across this region.
Hickory nut : A hickory nut is the hard-shelled fruit of a tree in the genus Carya. The species forms pear-shaped nuts enclosed in a husk.
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