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[ksmith]

<td>hickory trees

trees in my yard. the sun seen through leaves. took an hour's hunt online, but I'm reasonably sure they're hickory trees. not sure which kind.</td>

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Helloooo? This isn't 1970!

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

Shagbark Hickory? Carya ovata

V=http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/carya-compare-shag.htm

Googling "carya" and "key" did the trick. See if you get the same answer.

Re: Helloooo? This isn't 1970!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/carya-fruits.htm

Carya cordiformis--Bitternut hickory. Small fruit, and those four ridges set it apart.

Plus the bark was wrong for shagbark--smoothish, furrowed grey. I will confess that I have one small hickory that *might* be a shagbark, except that it's small and doesn't seem quite as shaggy as it should be.

This drove me crazy on Friday. Gee, I've only lived here 18 years...