TThe Shagbark Hickory derives its
name from its bark, which comes away from the trunk in large, uneven shaggy pieces.
Its nuts are edible, its sap is sweet and its bark has many uses. Native people would crush and boil the nuts to produce a highly nutritious milk for making cakes. The inside of the bark contains a yellow dye widely used in the 18th century. Its wood has been used for lacrosse sticks, fishing rods, bowls and tool handles.
The tree is indigenous to the southern part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Floridata
Trees-Online
NC State University
Fire Effects Information System
Virginia Tech Forestry Department
Flore du Québec
Nichole Ouellette
