Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America. Hickory isn't one single type of tree; it's a variety of species within the Carya genus. There are about 12 species that ...

A goddess, a president, and a tree. An unlikely trio, but there is a connection: the shagbark hickory tree. This tree is deserving of superlatives, if not deity and presidency. One of the dominant ...

When settlers arrived to farm around Chicago in the 1830s, they found rich woodlands of majestic oaks and scattered hickory trees. These trees had survived fires and storms and provided a bounty of ...

Height ranges from 60 to 120 feet with straight cylindrical boles and diameters of two to three feet. Weight ranges from 45 to 56 pounds per cubic foot with an average weight of 51 pounds. Wood is ...

A volunteer hickory is growing in my backyard. No human planted it. Likely a squirrelly did the delightful deed. The rodent buried it where sun-loving prairie plants were growing, which means as the ...

There are a plethora of hickory trees all over Bluffton. There are lots of big ones in our yard. They are so gorgeous most of the year, and then poof, hickory nuts come raining down on everything in ...

ALEXANDRIA - Despite the chilly weather and constant mist, families braved the elements to bring in their Christmas trees for the holiday on Saturday. James Rieppel, whose family owns and operates the ...

A few years ago one of my readers asked me about a particular nut and leaf. I took a close look at the pictures and saw a slightly pear-shaped nut that had a skin that reminded me of pecans. The ...

One doesn’t expect to outlive a tree. Our clocks tick at a different pace. Yet it happens, and sometimes it’s almost like a death in the family. The old shagbark hickory beside our driveway is that ...

ZHEJIANG, East China — Shen Ailan and her husband Xiang Chaochun stand on the branches of gently swaying hickory trees, wielding long bamboo sticks. The pair look as if they could be from the film ...