Size Description: 

3-0 (Height: 8" average, 5" minimum) 

Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)   Zones 4-8

Growth Rate: slow (less than 12" per year)        Height: 60-80' / Spread: 60-80'

pH Levels: 1-6.9                                                  Soil: well-drained, moist, acidic soils, alkaline soils

Sun: full sun to partial shade                               Tolerate: dry sites, occasional flooding, salt spray, drought

Fall Color: yellow   

Flower: April-June (flower is inconspicuous)       Seed Dispersal: September-December

Uses: Nuts are edible to people and wildlife, excellent firewood, shaggy bark provides bat nesting sites. Found on uplands with oaks, river bottoms, residential, parks, city parkway, wide medians, shade trees.

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These are bare root seedlings. The roots of some seedlings may be trimmed for planting ease and packaging purposes.    

The price above is listed per individual seedling. A total price for your seedlings will appear in your cart and at check out. Shipping cost calculated during checkout.