Author Topic: Log/Lumber ID (Read 352 times)

Pepe_Silvia · « **on:** October 20, 2020, 06:53:34 PM »

Came from south central Oklahoma - presumably grew naturally.

The guy that brought it in said it had nuts on it. He was pretty certain they were walnuts, but this doesn't look like any walnut I've seen.

WDH · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2020, 08:28:27 PM »

Most definitely hickory.

Pepe_Silvia · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2020, 08:40:12 PM »

Thanks! I see a lot of Pecan but this is the first Hickory I've cut. Guess the nuts look similar enough to walnuts when they're in the husk.

WDH · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2020, 07:44:02 AM »

Walnuts have a husk on them that does not split and release the nut. It has to be rubbed/worn off. The botanical term for this characteristic is an indehiscent involucre (a covering which does not split). Hickory (and pecan which is a hickory) have nut husks that split at lines of suture (dehiscent) and open up and release the nut. Hickory is in the walnut family so they are related. Hickory gets confused a lot with walnut. But, the bark is different, the leaves are different, and the fruit is different. Just because a tree produces a nut does not make it a walnut

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mike_belben · « **Reply #4 on:** October 25, 2020, 09:17:10 AM »

Thats a highly valuable hickory nut.

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