Carya ovata Nuccio's Nurseries the source of the old

the source of the old folk name cow-itch

and edged crisply in white

as easy to know by the bark as by the nuts

but the leaves set the species apart: narrow and willowy

oval leaves and

Carya ovata Nuccio's Nurseries the source of the oldCarya ovata, the shagbark hickory, is one of the great native trees of the eastern woods, as easy to know by the bark as by the nuts. Mature trunks shed long, gray plates that curl away at the ends and hang loose, giving the tree a genuinely shaggy silhouette against a winter sky. Beneath that ragged coat stands a tall, straight, long lived hardwood that can shade a landscape for two centuries and more. The nuts are the other glory, sweet and rich and