Local Ecotype
Medium tree, to 70’
Full to part sun
Moist to dry soil
Rounded canopy with medium spread
Blooms spring, edible nuts in fall
Nut producing tree that is an integral species of the “Cross Timbers” forest alongside Post and Blackjack Oak. Nuts feed wildlife and have a mild, buttery flavor similar to pecans or walnuts. Black Hickory may be compact in thin, dry soils or large and majestic in bottomlands. Host for numerous moth species.
Local Ecotype
Medium tree, to 70’
Full to part sun
Moist to dry soil
Rounded canopy with medium spread
Blooms spring, edible nuts in fall
Nut producing tree that is an integral species of the “Cross Timbers” forest alongside Post and Blackjack Oak. Nuts feed wildlife and have a mild, buttery flavor similar to pecans or walnuts. Black Hickory may be compact in thin, dry soils or large and majestic in bottomlands. Host for numerous moth species.