Plant
Shagbark hickory
Carya ovata
A long-lived (200–300 years) native deciduous tree distinguished by mature bark that peels off in long shaggy strips — one of the most-recognizable trees in eastern hardwood forests. Edible nuts historically central to Northeastern indigenous foodways. The wood is exceptionally hard and dense (the source of the phrase 'tough as hickory') and is the standard for axe handles, baseball bats, and smoking-fire wood. Component of the Greenbelt's oak-hickory forest.
Scientific
Carya ovata is a 60–80 ft deciduous tree distinguished by long shaggy plates of bark on mature trees — bark peels in vertical strips up to 3 ft long. Compound leaves with 5 leaflets. Hard, edible nuts in thick green husks; ripens in October.
[[hickory|Hickory]] wood is among the densest and hardest native hardwoods. Used historically and currently for axe handles, baseball bats, hammer handles, and smoking-meat wood (hickory smoke is a defining American food flavor). The tree is sometimes called “American walnut’s tougher cousin.”
[[hickory|Hickory]] nuts were a major Northeastern indigenous food. Mashed and boiled, they yielded powcohicora (the source of the word “hickory”) — a milky liquid used as cooking fat and beverage.
On Staten Island
Component of the Greenbelt’s oak-[[hickory|hickory]] canopy and present in scattered residential plantings. Among the more-conspicuous trees in early winter (shaggy bark texture pronounced) and late fall (golden-yellow leaves before drop).
See also
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- Instance of: [[indigenous-foodways]]
- Counterpart to: [[eastern-white-oak]]
- Produces: [[firewood]]
- Member of: [[plants]]
- Contained by: [[staten-island]]
Sources
- USDA Forest Service Silvics of North America: shagbark hickory
- [[indigenous-foodways|Indigenous foodways]] and Northeastern hickory-nut documentation
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