{"id":292,"date":"2025-09-25T19:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/?p=292"},"modified":"2025-09-25T19:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:46:55","slug":"pignut-hickory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/trees\/pignut-hickory\/","title":{"rendered":"Pignut Hickory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Carya glabra<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Pignut hickory is a deciduous tree widely distributed throughout the United States. The small nuts of the hickory are an important food source for many animals and its wood is sometimes used for smoking meats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-green-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the Arboretum is still home to well over thirty white pine trees. You may see some as you drive along May or Lovell Street. If you\u2019re inside the Arboretum, see if you can spot them as you walk along Elderberry Trail.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/pignut-hickory-leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Pignut Hickory Tree leaves\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/pignut-hickory-leaf.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/pignut-hickory-leaf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/pignut-hickory-leaf-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section-intro has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hadwen-arboretum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/pignut-hickory-tree.jpg&apos;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group padded lifted has-white-background-color has-background wp-container-content-69bc4bdf is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25.625rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-702e221ee1b68ddb0871c52c487e8f9f is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History at Hadwen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro has-medium-font-size\">The pignut hickory was first recorded in the arboretum during a 1971 project, \u201cSpecial Problems in Botony,\u201d undertaken by Dean Vernon Ahmadjian to determine the present status of the Hadwen Arboretum. Pignut hickories were documented again in 1978 and 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-green)\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Keep learning<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detailed species information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pignut hickory is a deciduous tree in the family Juglandaceae native to eastern North America. The pignut hickory typically can grow up to 60\u201390 feet (18\u201327 meters) tall and 36 to 48 inches (122 centimeters) in trunk diameter. The bark is grayish-brown, with shallow ridges that form a diamond pattern with age. The green leaves are compound and alternately arranged on the stem. Each leaf has five to seven long, almond-shaped leaflets which turn yellow in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pignut hickory prefers upland, well-drained soils, and is commonly found in mixed hardwood, late succession forests despite being shade intolerant. It is an important food source for many species of wildlife, with the nuts providing food for bears, deer, songbirds, turkeys, and many small mammals. Pignut hickory wood is durable but flexible and is often used as firewood and for smoking meats. Additionally, the tree is sometimes used in landscaping as a shade tree but is rarely used as an ornamental due to the difficulty of transplanting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carya glabra Pignut hickory is a deciduous tree widely distributed throughout the United States. The small nuts of the hickory are an important food source for many animals and its wood is sometimes used for smoking meats. 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