Joe,
I think you thinking of bitternut. Pignut have bud scales and are not sulfur-yellow like bitternut. Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Zorzin Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Fletcher Park Hickory The buds on pignut look like nothing else- large and sulfur yellow. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: James <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Parton To: ENTSTrees <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Fletcher Park Hickory Steve, I will have to look Pignut up. I know some of my hickories but some I need to learn to identify. JP On Oct 28, 6:09 pm, "Steve Galehouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James- > > The broadness of the leaflets leads me to think it is a sweet pignut, *Carya > ovalis.* > > Steve > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:50 AM, James Parton <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > > > > > Will, > > > The tree would have been really impressive if it would have been a > > single stem. > > > JP > > > On Oct 27, 8:50 pm, "Will Blozan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Looks like a multi-stemmed bitternut. > > > > Will F. Blozan > > > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > > > _____ > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of James Parton > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 5:17 PM > > > To: ENTS > > > Subject: [ENTS] Fletcher Park Hickory > > > > ENTS, > > > > While fishing Cane Creek late this last summer I noticed a nice Hickory > > and > > > said then I would come back and measure it. I am unsure of the type but > > the > > > leaves and nuts are fairly small. I think it is a Bitternut Hickory. > > Maybe > > > some of you can ID it from the pictures. It's bark, at first glance > > > resembles a Tuliptree but is not furrowed quite as deep. The leaves were > > in > > > a brilliant yellow fall color. > > > > The tree is located on a trail alongside Cane Creek in Fletcher Park, > > > Fletcher NC. > > > > Hickory ( Bitternut? ) 13' 7 1/2" cbh 84.99 feet tall. > > > > James Parton- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -<BR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
