0 a small tree from North America and East Asia that has nuts that can be eaten, or the hard wood from this tree --
1 a small tree from North America or East Asia that has edible nuts, or the hard wood from this tree --
Woods of hickory and oak trees could provide lumber and fuel.
The most common choices are alder wood, apple wood, hickory, mesquite, and oak.
The majority of the area is wooded, primarily with hardwoods including oak, maple, hickory, and gum.
Vegetation in these areas includes loblolly pine, sweet gum, black gum, cypress, red maple, hickory, and oak.
Oak, hickory, chestnut, and southern pine species were abundant.
This region was historically dominated by various oaks and chestnuts, but hickory replaced chestnut with the spread of the chestnut blight.
Specific information on the vegetative reproduction of nutmeg hickory is not available.
Because of their extended dormant season, water hickory seedlings are able to survive late-spring floods better than most of their would-be competitors.
