This week, we introduce the White hickory or Carya tomentosa. This tree, also known as mockernut hickory, has stout twigs like those of shagbark hickory and large terminal buds, but its bark is not ...

Nature Journal: Hickory trees are renowned for their use as firewood and to cure meats.

The two species of hickory trees, Mockernut Hickory and Shagbark Hickory, that adorn my woods are like old friends that have seen the seasons and years come and go. As the surrounding landscape ...

Various beetles bore through the wood or bark of hickories. Some, such as the hickory saperda, the hickory borer and hickory shoot curculio, are named after the trees they rely on.

This week, we introduce the Pignut hickory or Carya glabra. This tree is identifiable by its five-leaflet compound leaves and its small, smooth round nut with a partially open husk at the top. The ...