Shellbark hickory
NativeCarya laciniosa
Walnut (Juglandaceae) · Hickory · 60–80 ft
Knowing it
Like shagbark but with seven leaflets and the largest nuts of any hickory. A bottomland tree, mostly along the larger rivers.
What a tree company sees
Very strong wood; large nuts and husks are a nuisance over driveways.
Recorded in 23 counties
- Boone County
- Butler County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Chariton County
- Cole County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Johnson County
- Lincoln County
- Macon County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Pettis County
- Phelps County
- Randolph County
- Ripley County
- St. Clair County
- St. Louis County
- Sullivan County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.