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hickory

Tree belonging to the walnut family, native to North America and Asia. It provides a valuable timber, and all species produce nuts, though some are inedible. The pecan (C. illinoensis) is widely cultivated in the southern USA, and the shagbark (C. ovata) in the northern USA. (Genus Carya, family Juglandaceae.)

Hickory

Town in Catawba and Burke counties, west-central North Carolina, USA; population (2000) 37,200. It is situated in the Piedmont, near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 45 mi/73 km northwest of Charlotte. The town's main industry is hosiery manufacture; other products include rope, cotton, trucktrailers, and electronic components. Hickory is home to Lenoir-Rhyne College (1891) and to a community college.

The town was founded in 1874. It was industrialized in 1880, with the establishment of a wagon factory. In 1930 the town annexed West Hickory and Highland.
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It was she who spotted the arrow eight feet above the ground centered in a small pignut hickory tree.
Reflections on deflections: sticks, limbs and brush should be a ... by Trout, John, Jr. / Petersen's Bowhunting
com Family Name Carya illinoensis and Carya aquatica of the Family Juglandaceae Common Names Pecan, pecan hickory, Southern pecan, pecan nut, pecan tree, faux hickory, sweet pecan, water hickory, bitter pecan, low ground hickory, wild pecan, swamp hickory, wild pecan, pignut hickory, water bitternut Height/Weight Pecan trees range in height from 100 to 140 feet.
Nuts about pecan: most notable for the delicious pecan nut, pecan ... by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products
It is not unreasonable to assume that pecan, Carya illinoinensis, could also by hybridized with two wild species of hickory trees, the Mockernut Hickory tree, Carya tomentosa and the Pignut Hickory tree, Carya glabra.
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