Carya cordiformis

• BOTANICAL NAME: Carya cordiformis
• COMMON NAME: Bitternut Hickory
• FAMILY: Juglandaceae
• NATIVITY: Found throughout the Eastern US
• GROWTH HABIT:  50-75’
• HARDINESS:  USDA Zone 4 to 9
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:  Rich woodlands with moist soils or low woods.
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS:  Climax
• FACULTATIVE STATUS:  Facultative Upland
• LANDSCAPE VALUE:  Grows well in rich woodlands and low woods.
• FOLIAGE:   Alternate, pinnately compound.  Very narrow foliage, sharply serrated, most commonly seven leaflets per leaf.  
• BUDS:  Valvate, sulfur-yellow terminal bud.  
• BARK:  Gray/brown with shallow furrows.
• FRUIT:  Hard nuts encased in a four-valved husk.
• PESTS:  None serious.