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An individual instance of Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/7-289
Notes:
This is the large tree that grows at the end of Buttrick Hall nearest Rand/Sarratt.
Bitternut hickory leaves typically have 7 to 9 leaves. Its yellow buds differ from the reddish buds of red hickory (which also has leaves with 7 leaflets). The twigs are also more slender than the twigs of mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa), another hickory with 7 leaflets, and which has much larger, non-yellow buds. The bark is tight, unlike the shaggy bark of kingnut hickory (Carya laciniosa), which also typically has 7 (or 9) leaflets..
The husks of the nuts have four wings, are relatively thin, and covered with yellow scales. The nuts are bitter and not good to eat. This particular tree has not been observed to produce nuts.
Bitternut hickory is fairly common in middle Tennessee. This is the only known bitternut hickory on Vanderbilt's campus.
Bitternut hickory leaves typically have 7 to 9 leaves. Its yellow buds differ from the reddish buds of red hickory (which also has leaves with 7 leaflets). The twigs are also more slender than the twigs of mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa), another hickory with 7 leaflets, and which has much larger, non-yellow buds. The bark is tight, unlike the shaggy bark of kingnut hickory (Carya laciniosa), which also typically has 7 (or 9) leaflets..
The husks of the nuts have four wings, are relatively thin, and covered with yellow scales. The nuts are bitter and not good to eat. This particular tree has not been observed to produce nuts.
Bitternut hickory is fairly common in middle Tennessee. This is the only known bitternut hickory on Vanderbilt's campus.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 4-1047.
This particular organism is believed to have managed means of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Carya cordiformis
(Wangenh.) K. Koch
sec. fna.org 1993
common name: bitternut hickory
family: Juglandaceae
Identified 2006-04-24 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14618°, -86.8024°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2006-04-24
2006-06-07
2013-12-11
2014-09-03
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