Sulfur yellow buds, that would be Carya cordiformis- Bitternut hickory. Pignut, I believe, is Carya glabra.
Mark --- On Tue, 10/28/08, Joseph Zorzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Joseph Zorzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Fletcher Park Hickory > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 8:05 PM > The buds on pignut look like nothing else- large and sulfur > yellow. > > Joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Parton > To: ENTSTrees > 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]>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 - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
