SALE: Shagbark Hickory - Carya ovata | Pots Fall'23 conservation-grade

Common name: Shagbark Hickory

Scientific name: Carya ovata

Category: Native Tree - Deciduous, Common

Sample mature size: 30 m tall, 20 m wide; 98.5 ft tall, 66 ft wide

Sunlight: Full-sun, Partial-sun

Water: Medium-wet

Soil: Clay, Sand, Gravel

Blooms: Green in May

Natural habitats: Swamp-wetland, Meadow-grasslands, Roadsides-ravines, Rocky-alvars, Carolinian-forest

Wildlife benefits: Rodents 🐿️, Grassland birds 🦉, Deer/moose 🦌

Points of interest: - Considered one of the toughest native trees - Important source of food for squirrels - Grows well on hillsides as well as in valleys - edible nuts, can produce as much as 600 litres of nuts