A goddess, a president, and a tree. An unlikely trio, but there is a connection: the shagbark hickory tree. This tree is deserving of superlatives, if not deity and presidency. One of the dominant ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

I met an old friend, a shagbark hickory tree, the other day. Our reunion took place in the woods at Vermont’s Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area not far from the shore of Lake Champlain. Between the ...

Shagbark hickory, named for its long, peeling strips of bark, bears edible nuts, has a 200-year lifespan and gives excellent flavor to smoked foods. Shagbark hickory, Carya ovata, is native to ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) is a shaggy gray-bark species. This ...

It's the new maple syrup! Tom and Judy Radzwhich make hickory syrup from the shagbark tree. It is an environmentally friendly process and no harm is done to the tree. Razz's Shagbark Hickory Syrup is ...

More signs of spring: the mockingbird's discordant gurgle has been a constant accompaniment to me as I work in the garden, dandelions have taken over the lawn, the quince has bloomed and drawn bees ...

The original objective of this week’s column was to explain why — unless you live in Ashe or Avery counties — you have in all probability never seen a shagbark hickory in Western North Carolina. But ...