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Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

Pignut hickory; Small-fruited Hickory; mockernut hickory; bullnut hickory; hognut hickory; white heart hickory; true hickory (US)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
English Pignut hickory; Small-fruited Hickory; mockernut hickory; bullnut hickory; hognut hickory; white heart hickory; true hickory (US)
Français Caryer des Pourceaux; Noyer a petit fruit
Italiano Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Suomi Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Norsk Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Čeština Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Español Nogal de puercos; Nogal de fruto pequeno
Svenska hicorytrae
Polski Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Український Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Român Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Русский Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Български Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
EESTI Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
日本語 Ferkelnuss; Kleinfruchtige Hickory
Other names

Further information

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Origin

Geographic Regions North America
States and Territories USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia); Canada (Ontario); Germany [c]; Georgia [Caucasus] [c]
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fagales
Family Juglandaceae
Genus Carya
Species glabra
Author citation (Mill.) Sweet
Scientific name Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 4
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 2
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood x

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 790.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 800.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 830.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Pignut hickory;  Small-fruited Hickory;  mockernut hickory;  bullnut hickory;  hognut hickory;  white heart hickory;  true hickory (US)

Hough