ISM Herbarium : Trees : Hickory (Juglandaceae)
Carya texana (Black Hickory)
Black hickory grows from the southwest Illinois through the Ozarks to Texas in dry rocky and sandy uplands. It reaches 30 feet tall and a foot in diameter, with a spreading crown.
Leaves are pinnately compound, shiny, dark green, and lance-shaped with serrated edges. Each six to twelve inch long leaf is usually made up of five to seven leaflets. Bark is gray to black, rough and furrowed. This specimen shows male flowers of drooping catkins. Fruits are round; a thin husk reveals a thick-shelled seed.
Collection of the Illinois State Museum
ISM Herbarium Sheet #: 82560