Bitternut Hickory
Carya cordiformis
Juglandaceae (Walnut Family)
▲ leaf
▲▼ leaf undersides
▲ twig and bud
▲ fruit
▲ bark (light gray, furrowed with flat ridges)
Location on or near campus: not known
Carya cordiformis: Bitternut Hickory
· leaves alternate, pinnately compound, deciduous with 5-9 leaflets, usually 7; leaflets 3-6" long and ½ as wide, lanceolate
· winter buds are elongated and bright mustard yellow
· grows 50-75' tall and about ½ as wide
· fastest growing of native hickories
· has flattened, rounded nut with thin 4-parted husk; nut is bitter to taste
· prefers well-drained, fertile soils
· native to Missouri