Shagbark Hickory Bonsai

The edges of long plates of bark curl away from the trunk giving this tree a very rugged appearance.
Shagbark hickory bonsai. Common names include shellbark hickory scalybark hickory shagbark and upland hickory. The shagbark hickory is the symbol of the pioneer age. The leaves of the shagbark hickory tree have beautiful colors of red yellow and orange during the fall season. Fwiw there are hickory all over the place here.
This tree is recognized not only for its size but also the critical ecosystem services that it provides such a food and shelter for. Other consumers include black bears gray and red foxes rabbits and bird species such as mallards wood ducks bobwhites and wild turkey. Carya ovata mill k. Shagbark hickory plant a shagbark hickory in a large landscape for excellent shade.
The shagbark hickory tree grows very large 75 100 ft. Having leaves like a wisteria isn t a great selling point. So this hickory tree. Atlantic and gulf coastal plain.
I don t think they re all that great for bonsai. Red squirrels gray squirrels raccoons chipmunks and mice are consumers of hickory nuts. Facu eastern mountains and piedmont. It is the largest known tree of its species in the country as reported to american forests.
Carya ovata the shagbark hickory is a common hickory in the eastern united states and southeast canada it is a large deciduous tree growing well over 100 ft 30 m tall and can live more than 350 years. Other species growing right next to them like black tupelo hackberry and others are extremely good bonsai material. The shagbark hickory tree is very common in the wild especially in the eastern forests of the united states and southeast canada. Koch shagbark hickory subordinate taxa.
The tallest measured shagbark located in savage gulf tennessee is over 150 ft 46 m tall. Hybrid hickory species. This champion common shagbark hickory of maryland made its debut on the national register of champion trees in 2017. This midwest native is named for its bark which peels away in large flat curving plates giving the tree a shaggy appearance.
Mature shagbarks are easy to recognize because as their name implies they have shaggy bark. Shagbark hickory s most prominent ornamental feature is its unique smoke gray bark that warps away from the stem in foot long plates. Shagbark hickory carya ovata is probably the most distinctive of all the hickories because of its loose plated bark. This plant has no children legal status.
As a member of the walnut family the hickory produces edible nuts. Tall with a deep taproot that forces the tree to grow quickly with a tall trunk and a narrow but irregular crown and rough shaggy light gray bark.