1. By David Marquardt

2. Kingdom PlantaePlantae Subkingdom TracheobiontaTracheobionta Superdivision SpermatophytaSpermatophyta Division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta Class MagnoliopsidaMagnoliopsida Subclass HamamelididaeHamamelididae Order JuglandalesJuglandales Family JuglandaceaeJuglandaceae Genus Carya Nutt.Carya Nutt. Species Carya ovata (Mill.) K. KochCarya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch

3. This tree can grow to 120 ft. high and has a long straight trunk the branches stay rather close to the trunk and form an oblong, rounded, and open crown Figure 1

4. The Shagbark Hickory gets its name from its bark The bark is smooth and straight when the tree is young and becomes very shaggy looking when old. The bark cracks into long broad plates attached to the trunk in the middle of the plate. Figure 2

5. Twigs are stout and tomentose the leaf scars are raised and have 3 lobes Figure 3 Figure 4

6. A Shagbark Hickories Leaves are broad and flat They are pinnately compound and opposite They have toothed margins, 5-7 leaflets and are very large Figure 5 Figure 6

7. The nut of a hickory is encased in a ribbed husk that is.25 inches thick. The nut is yellowish whit and rounded at the base Shagbark flowes are catkins about 2-3 inches long and have a yellow- green color. They hang in 3’s The terminal bud is pubescent brown and larger than the rest. The terminal also has 3-4 brown scales covering it Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9

8. The Shagbark Hickory can be found in a wide range stretching from Louisiana North towards Iowa and then East across the Great Lakes into Southern New England and pulling back from the East coast as you move Southwards turning back West at Georgia Shagbark Hickory grows well anywhere in the aforementioned range it is able to adapt to a wide range of conditions Figure 10

9. A Shagbark Hickories tough wood is used in products that must take a great deal of stress Its nuts once used to be a staple food for Indians and now provides food for wildlife Figure 11

10. Internet sources 1Seiler, J. (n.d.). Carya ovata Fact Sheet. College of Natural Resources | Virginia Tech. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm? ID=20 http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm? ID=20 2(n.d.). Shagbark Hickory. RINET-Muni Home Page. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http/www.muni.ri.net/foster/shagbarkhickoryhttp/www.muni.ri.net/foster/shagbarkhickory 3Graney, D. (n.d.). Shagbark Hickory. Carya Ovata. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/carya/ovat a.htm http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/carya/ovat a.htm 4 Classification | USDA PLANTS. (n.d.). Welcome to the PLANTS Database | USDA PLANTS. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=prof ile&symbol=CAOV2

11. Figures 1. Chenger, J. (n.d.). Roost Trees - Shagbark Hickory. Welcome to Bat Conservation and Management, Inc.. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.batmanagement.com/ http://www.batmanagement.com/ 2. Island. (n.d.). Shagbark Hickory. RINET-Muni Home Page. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.muni.ri.net/foster/shagbarkhickory http://www.muni.ri.net/foster/shagbarkhickory 3. Eschtruth, A. (n.d.). Shagbark Hickory. Yale University. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.yale.edu/fes505b/shaghick.html http://www.yale.edu/fes505b/shaghick.html 4. Seiler, J. (n.d.). Carya ovata Fact Sheet. College of Natural Resources | Virginia Tech. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factshee t.cfm?ID=20 http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factshee t.cfm?ID=20

12. Figures 5.Chenger, J. (n.d.). Roost Trees - Shagbark Hickory. Welcome to Bat Conservation and Management, Inc.. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.batmanagement.com/ http://www.batmanagement.com/ 6. Baskauf, S. (n.d.). Carya carolinae-septentrionalis (southern shagbark hickory) - flower - male closeup image. Forwarding link. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/c/caca38flmale- close51378.htmhttp://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/c/caca38flmale- close51378.htm 7. Baskauf, S. (2006, April 18). Carya carolinae-septentrionalis (southern shagbark hickory) - flower - male closeup image. Forwarding link. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/c/caca38flmale- close51378.htm http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/c/caca38flmale- close51378.htm 8. Baskauf, S. (n.d.). Carya carolinae-septentrionalis (southern shagbark hickory) - flower - male closeup image. Forwarding link. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/c/caca38flmale- close51378.htmhttp://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/c/caca38flmale- close51378.htm

13. Figures 9. Fewless, G. (n.d.). Econotes at the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity. University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/econotes/2002/pow20020 401main.htm http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/econotes/2002/pow20020 401main.htm 10. Graney, D. (n.d.). Shagbark Hickory. Carya Ovata. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/cary a/ovata.htm http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/cary a/ovata.htm 11.Blozan, W. (2005, December 27). Red Mountain. Eastern Native Tree Society. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/alabama/red_mo untain/red_mountain.htm http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/alabama/red_mo untain/red_mountain.htm