Shellbark Hickory Tree (Carya Laciniosa) – 3 Gallon Pot

This hickory produces what many chefs and nut connoisseurs consider to be the best tasting edible nuts of any North American native nut-bearing tree, surpassing in flavor even pecans and walnuts. At up to 80 feet tall with stout limbs and a narrow crown to 35 to 40 feet wide, the Shellbark Hickory is tallest growing of the hickory species. Extremely attractive shaggy bark that peels and curves away from the tree in thin strips makes this stately tree impossible to go unnoticed. Passersby just have to stop and reach out and touch it. But the fine attributes don’t stop there. Attractive, pinnately compound dark green leaves on reddish orange twigs turn a brilliant golden-yellow in fall. A fine addition to the edible landscape that also shade tree and a source of food and shelter for wildlife.