This tree is in the greenspace on the east side of 21st Ave. S. across from the entrance of the medical arts building.
Red hickory
leaves usually have seven leaflets (occasionally 5) and its mature buds are usually reddish, in contrast to the
yellow buds of
bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformes). The
twigs are also more slender than the
twigs of mockernut hickory (
Carya tomentosa), another hickory with 7 leaflets. The
bark is tight, unlike the
shaggy bark of kingnut hickory (
Carya laciniosa), which also typically has 7 (or 9) leaflets. To systematically separate hickory species, see the
key to hickories. The
fruits of red hickory have a relatively thin husk and their nuts are good to eat. Red hickory is fairly common in middle Tennessee. However, it often hybridizes with other hickory species (such as shagbark hickory) and so it is sometimes not possible to classify individuals to species unambiguously. This is the only known red hickory on Vanderbilt's campus.
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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whole tree (or vine) - view up trunk |
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bark - of a large tree |
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twig - orientation of petioles |
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leaf - unspecified |
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leaf - unspecified |
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leaf - whole upper surface |
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leaf - whole upper surface |
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leaf - margin of upper + lower surface |
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leaf - margin of upper + lower surface |
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leaf - showing orientation on twig |
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leaf - showing orientation on twig |
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inflorescence - whole - unspecified |
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inflorescence - whole - female |
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inflorescence - whole - male |
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inflorescence - whole - male |
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inflorescence - whole - male |
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fruit - lateral or general close-up |
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fruit - immature |