Synonyms: Big Shellbark Hickory, Hicoria laciniosa.
Shellbark Hickory occurs in the eastern United States, mainly in a narrow east-west band across Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.
The leaves usually have seven leaflets, in contrast the typical five leaflets in the related species Shagbark Hickory. The bark is light or dark gray, moderately furrowed, and separates in thin, narrow plates on larger trunks, somewhat like that of Shagbark. Shellbark fruits are very large (larger than Shagbark's), round or almost so, or oblong. They are light brown, with husks that are thicker than those in Shagbark Hickory.
Very rare in Maryland. Occurs on wetter soils than does Shagbark Hickory.
There are 11 records in the project database.
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