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Carya ovata, the shagbark hickory, is a common hickory in the Eastern United States and southeast Canada. It is a large, deciduous tree, growing well over 100 ft tall, and can live more than 350 years. The tallest measured shagbark, located in Savage Gulf, Tennessee, is over 150 ft tall.

Mature shagbarks are easy to recognize because, as their name implies, they have shaggy bark. This characteristic is, however, only found on mature trees; young specimens have smooth bark. The leaves are 12–24 in long, pinnate, with five (rarely three or seven) leaflets, the terminal three leaflets much larger than the basal pair. The terminal buds on the shagbark hickory are large and covered with loose scales.

The shagbark hickory's nut is edible and has a nutty taste. Shagbark hickory nuts were a significant food source for Native Americans, who used the kernel milk to make corn cakes, kanuchi and hominy. Red squirrels, gray squirrels, raccoons, chipmunks, and mice arealso consumers of hickory nuts. Others include black bears, gray and red foxes, rabbits, and bird species such as mallards, wood ducks, bobwhites, and wild turkey.

Shagbark hickory wood is used for smoking meat and for making the bows of Native Americans of the northern area. The lumber is heavy, hard, and tough, weighing 63 lb/ cu ft when air-dried, and has been employed for implements and tools that require strength. These include axles, axe handles, ploughs, skis, and drum sticks.

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6. Adaptado por Tom Pollard de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carya_ovata

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