Tree Leaf Flower Fruit/Seed/Cone Bark

Common Name: Pignut Hickory

Leaf/Needle: 5 hairless leaflets (less commonly 7)

Flower: catkins

Bark: dark, tight and smooth-ridged

Growth: Height 80' - 90' (extreme up to 120')

Distribution: Dry woods; s. New Hampshire, New York, s. Ontario, s. Michigan, Illinois, and ne. Kansas to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas

Location: Northern Marion county; approx. 16 miles northwest of Palmyra, MO