Shellbark Hickory
| Botanical Name | Carya laciniosa |
| Common Names | shellbark hickory, kingnut hickory, big shellbark hickory |
| Family | Juglandaceae (walnut Family) |
Shellbark hickory is an uncommon tree in the wild and in cultivation. It would be suitable for a park, campus or estate.
Shellbark hickory grows naturally only in the US from western New York through southern Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, and south to Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. There are a handful of isolated outlying populations in Louisiana, southern Georgia, southern Alabama, and North Carolina. Shellbark hickory occurs most abundantly in the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys. This is a tree of the bottomlands and floodplains, often growing where it gets flooded during high water. It sometimes occurs in pure groves, but more often is mixed with other bottomland trees such as red maple, sweetgum and chestnut oak.
