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mockernut hickory

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mockernut hickory: see hickory hickory, any plant of the genus Carya of the family Juglandaceae (walnut family); deciduous nut-bearing trees native to E North America and south to Central America except for a few species found in SE Asia. The pecan (C.
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The nine other trees were three shagbark hickories (Carya ovata), two shellbark hickories (Carya laciniosa),, one mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa), one sugar maple (Acer saccharum), one honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), and one white oak (Quercus alba).
It is not unreasonable to assume that pecan, Carya illinoinensis, could also by hybridized with two wild species of hickory trees, the Mockernut Hickory tree, Carya tomentosa and the Pignut Hickory tree, Carya glabra.
Family Name Carya glabra, Carya tomentosa, Carya laciniosa and Carya ovata of the Family Juglandaceae Common Names Hickory, red hickory, white hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, pignut hickory, mockernut hickory, shellbark hickory, scalyback hickory, big shellbark hickory; bottom hickory, western hickory, thick shellbark hickory, shagbark hickory, broom hickory Height/Weight Trees vary from medium to large sizes with heights from 50 to 120 feet.
 
 
 
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