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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11penx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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PLATE XLI. PIGNUT HICKORY. 1. HraiKli with iiumatiire loaves and llowcis, x i. 2. Braiifh witli mature loaves and liuit with husk partly removed, x 3 A nut with husk removed, x i. 4. Cross-section of a nut, x i. 5. A winter branch, x J. tj. Terminal section of a winter l)rancli. enlarged. 7. A l.af-scar with Jiundle-scars, enlarged. PIGNUT HICKORY. Carya glabra, (Miller) Spach. the lower ones often drooping. BARK-Rarely peels off or exfoliates, is close, dark gray. «h/"«^ly-«Xsâ °^"°^'^ ^^'^' to!gh H 0? an inch thick. Resembles the bark of the White Ash. See Fig. 89. 4.U of fi.«f vellowish-creen. later reddish-brown, covered pith angular. B,n.»-AUe.âa.e, more tUan f^^^^'f'ZT'ZM Zl^r^k^T^^^^^o.nXtt drop off during winter. â¢*>, r 7 loaflpts R-io inches long. Leaflets oblong to obovate- Sse. tbicu. smooth, dark green above, paler below. clusters. â¦nio+n ..oâ¢.«S-APPe.r a.00. M., wbeb l.ves a. 'rj:n":;:V.."'^';:?r.e ,rS'ro;:ere. ...>.es o. .. neâ .rowtb. â¢..T_Ma.u.o, abo.t October, -Hable ,n .bape a^a ^^^^^^X^-r'STZ'^^^'n 1-2 iâel,c» ion,., taperlns at the base ^O";',^ »»"â .^.".tonally along the entire length. Nnt W0OI.-Sln,Uar to that or the other Hlc.orlea ot the State, e.cept the Bitter Nut Hlc.or,. See description of wood page 106. BISTINOUISHINa CHAHACTEHXSTIC^The Pignut o^ -^ ^Hickory.^ a^^^ ^^.e Bitter Nut Hickory, can be d'«tn.«uished by its ^^^^^ ^"^^^^.^ ^, ^^ich is smooth or glandular small oval reddish-brown buds ^'-^ J^^'^^'f^^'J^,^ the nner velvety scales. Its buds are not dotted and often falls off before spnng thus l^^o'^ lev\han those of the other species of our yellow like those of the Bitter ^"t Hicko.y and smaller ^^ ,,^^ ^^, ,« characterisUc native Hickories. The l^*'^^-^^^^^*^,^^;;^'; that of the Shag-bark Hickory. The leaves, with I^ ir anrtb-L'-nnhlot ^T^>^.^^^ -«e.a, are autlactlve. HAKOE-Malue and Ontario .oat to Minnesota an. Nebraa.a. ana sonth to F.oria. ana Tex... ., A i,snc,iriPo Barer in swampy situations. Commonly HABITAT-Most common on dry ridges -^ ^^j^^^f^ .^^ru^llght. scattered amidst our Oaks and Chestnut. Prefers plenty XMPOKTANCB OP THE SPECIES-TheJMgnut H.k^^^^^^ ^^Z^VZ Ja'^^s Ltl'otTnd cially for the farmer. The fruit is not ^f"^J^" ^^Jj^^'^^be seedlings are difficult to transplant m our larger forests in mixture wi h f^-'llll'll'^^,^^^^^ iâ attempting to grow this species on account of their long taproots ^^^f ^^ "^^^f ^"he g'^at value of its wood justifies every effort one should plant the nuts and not the seedlings, ihe g that one can put forth in growhig it.

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