Bitternut hickory
NativeCarya cordiformis
Walnut (Juglandaceae) · Hickory · 50–75 ft
Knowing it
Bright yellow winter buds give it away. Moist woods and bottoms statewide; the fastest-growing hickory.
What a tree company sees
Strong, though its branching is more open than other hickories.
Recorded in 67 counties
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Dade County
- DeKalb County
- Douglas County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Harrison County
- Hickory County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Lafayette County
- Lincoln County
- Macon County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Nodaway County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Pettis County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Randolph County
- Reynolds County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Vernon County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.