Hickory
Shellbark Hickory
Carya laciniosa
$3.00per seedling
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Price per seedling based on total seedlings in your cart, across all species.
- 10–249 seedlings$3.00 / seedling
- 250–499 seedlings$2.50 / seedling
- 500–999 seedlings$2.00 / seedling
- 1,000–2,499 seedlings$1.75 / seedling
- 2,500–4,999 seedlings$1.50 / seedling
- 5,000+ seedlings$1.25 / seedling
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Quick facts
- Mature size
- — 60–80 ft tall · 30–50 ft wide
- Growth speed
- — Slow — under 1 ft of new growth a year
- Sunlight
- — Full sun (6+ hrs direct sun) · Part shade (4–6 hrs)
- Soil
- — Average / moist · Wet / occasionally flooded
- Good for
- — Reforestation & timber · Wildlife food & habitat · Streamside & wet areas
- Wildlife
- — The largest nuts of any hickory — a feast for deer, squirrels, and wild turkey.
About this species
Shellbark hickory is a large, impressive native tree known for its thick, deeply ridged bark that forms long plates, giving it a rugged, textured appearance similar to but heavier than that of the shagbark hickory. It features tall, straight growth and a broad crown of compound leaves that turn a warm yellow in the fall. Shellbark hickory produces some of the largest hickory nuts, enclosed in stout, four-part husks, which provide an important food source for wildlife such as squirrels, chipmunks, and birds. Favoring moist, fertile soils, this species is commonly found in bottomlands and floodplains across parts of Ohio, where its strong wood and ecological value make it an integral component of native hardwood forests.
Planting notes
Deep-rooted; best planted young on well-drained upland sites.