Carya cordiformis
Bitternut hickory · also Bitternut, Yellowbud hickory, Swamp hickory
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Carya cordiformis, also known as bitternut hickory, is a large deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and Canada. It is notable for its unique sulphur-yellow buds and is the shortest-lived among hickories, living up to about 200 years. Its nuts provide value to various forest wildlife.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,2930.39%5.0 yr2.0 in
- 4550.97%—1.2 in
- 1920.06%4.9 yr4.7 in
- 720.01%—10 in
- 700.01%—23 in
- 650.09%5.8 yr5.1 in
- 440.02%—10 in
- 420.04%18 yr29 in
- 350.02%2.9 yr2.0 in
- 130.02%—9.3 in
- 50.01%—2.8 in
- 40.03%—5.9 in
- 30.00%——
- 20.00%—0.5 in
- 10.00%—5.4 in
- 10.00%—11 in
- 10.01%—15 in
- 10.00%—3.0 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Lifespan
- 200 years
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.0 in, mean 6.7 in, 90th percentile 19 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
- Mississippi lowland forests
Other Carya in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
