“Like those of pecan trees, the buds of bitternut hickory are naked, not covered by bud scales,” she says. “What we are seeing is actually minute powdery-yellow leaves.” The bitternut ...

Shagbark hickory trees are tolerant of a wide range of conditions ... To identify the tree in winter, look for its bright yellow buds.

Looking up shagbark hickory in my tree guide I found little mention of what, to me, is one of their most alluring features: the new leaves as they un-crumple in the spring. The terminal buds (buds ...

When the leaf drops, a scar is left just under the bud and it can be unique. The trees easily identified by its leaf scars are hickory (3-lobed), ash (shield-shaped)and dogwood (leaf scar ...

Yellowbud hickory trees are abundant in Iowa’s ... tipped with bright yellow buds. The trees are found in the eastern half of the country, including most of Iowa. The best time to collect ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the mockernut or white hickory. This species is typically ... include a very rounded and oftentimes hairy buds, hair ...

Shagbark hickory would be a great tree to consider planting in your backyard; in addition to their distinctive bark, they have gorgeous yellow fall foliage and delicious nuts that most wildlife ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, learn how to tell Red Hickory apart from its cousins shellbark ... long running interlacing gray bark, buds and twigs free of hairs, and lastly nuts with a husk that ...