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Hickory facts for kids

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Hickories are deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts. Hickory flowers are small, yellow-green catkins produced in spring. They are wind-pollinated and self-incompatible.

Images for kids

  • Carya cathayensis nuts

    Roasted Carya cathayensis (Chinese hickory)

  • Black hickory in Bastrop County, Texas (cropped)

    Nuts of Carya texana (black hickory)

  • Carya cordiformis

    Foliage of Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)

  • Finished hickory 1

    Finished hickory in a cabinet

  • Carya nuts

    Comparison of North American Carya nuts

  • Hickory nuts 6060

    Ripe hickory nuts ready to fall

  • 2014-11-02 14 36 58 Hickory foliage during autumn along Woosamonsa Road in Hopewell Township, New Jersey

    Autumn foliage

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