Pignut hickory trees are found in the eastern United States and Canada. It produces nuts rodents love and you can even make syrup from the bark.

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The pignut hickory has smaller buds and finer twigs than its cousins shagbark and mockernut hickory, and its nut is smooth and not ribbed. Its alternately held leaves are typically five leaflets, but ...

The pignut hickory is not as popular, but the local species does produce fairly tasty fruit. The bitternut hickory has one of the less appealing nuts -- as its name implies.

About two weeks ago, an ancient pignut hickory split nearly down the middle, sending almost half of the tree crashing to the ground in a stand of old growth in northwest Marion County.

White’s Woods is home to several species of mature hickory trees, including shagbark (Carya ovata), shellbark (Carya ...

Helmsley restaurant Pignut has been recognised for its environmentally conscious ethos after winning the Sustainability Excellence Award at this year’s Craft Guild of Chefs Awards.

The birds line up on the boughs of a pignut hickory, and swoop on to the feeders by twos and threes, titmice and juncos, a crowd of chickadees and a demure pair of cardinals.

Pignut, the latest restaurant to open in Helmsley, has put caring for the planet high up on its menu – and Elaine Lemm reckons it is out of this world. Pictures by Simon Hulme.

One pignut was only 3 feet in circumference but reached 105 feet into the sky above all the surrounding deciduous trees. Similarly, a mockernut hickory I measured on New Jersey's Palisades was ...

TRAVELERS REST — Pignut hickory and black gum. Oak and redbud and cypress. In the end, though, it was yellow poplar that claimed the honor. Trees Upstate marked a milestone Sept. 23 by passing ...