Hickory trees have unique traits that, when combined, can almost guarantee the species. Hickory trees have dark gray or brown bark with deep patterned furrows that peel upward. The leaves are compound ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, learn how to tell Red Hickory apart from its cousins shellbark ... long running interlacing gray bark, buds and twigs free of hairs, and lastly nuts with a husk that ...