Thursday, June 04, 2009

Hickory 30-May-09 Hike


I came 2 trees on either side of the trail. On the right is an Osage orange. On the left is a tight barked tree showing me its a hickory. But what kind is it?

Mockernut or Pignut?


Mockernut has large end buds and stout hairy twigs. Looking at the tree with my binoculars it seems the twigs are not stout and the end buds are not large. So that makes it a Pignut? But then again it may be a Bitternut hickory because I could not see any end buds at all.

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