bitternut hickory


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bit·ter·nut hickory

 (bĭt′ər-nŭt′)
n.
A hickory tree (Carya cordiformis) of eastern North America, having nuts with bitter kernels.
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Noun1.bitternut hickory - hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nutsbitternut hickory - hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut, Carya cordiformis, swamp hickory
Carya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
hickory tree, hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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The wood does not need to come from the shagbark, however, it may come from mockernut and bitternut hickory trees.
Shagbark hickory: neglected nut of the central woodlands
rupture), shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), elm (Ulmus spp.), serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), beech (Fagus grandifolia), musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana), buckeye (Aesculus glabra), smooth sumac (Rhus glabra), black haw (Viburnum prunifolium) and hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), and were neutral (showing no significant preference for or against) towards dogwood (Comus spp.), ash (Fraxinus spp.), witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) and cherry (Prunus spp.; Fig.
Central place foraging by beavers (castor canadensis) in a complex lake habitat
Other species of the pecan group of hickory include Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory), Carya aquatica (water hickory) and Carya myristicaeformis (nutmeg hickory).
One tough nut: Hickory's tough-guy reputation still precedes it, but many have found useful applications for the wood's steam bending properties as well
I have been astounded at the adaptability and hardiness of Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis).
Growing nut trees on the prairies
(2002) found that Cerulean Warblers in Illinois showed the strongest preference for shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) and bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis).
Selection of song perches by Cerulean Warblers
All but the Wyoming Bluff site experienced a large increase in species not historically associated with lowland forests in Wisconsin: Northern red oak (Quercus rubra), bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) and hackberry (Celtis occidentalis).
Changes in the floodplain forest vegetation of the lower Wisconsin river over the last fifty years
Seven other species, including hackberry, white ash, and bitternut hickory, had lower importance values (Table 2).
Twenty-five years of forest succession in Happy Valley, Jefferson County, Indiana

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