Kentucky Color: Pignut Hickory
2021-11-06 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge
Pignut hickory's Autumn yellow is special and unmistakable. Its name is said to come from the saying that its sometimes bitter nuts were only good for pigs to eat. Squirrels will eat them but only after depleting most other sources of food. The big tree in the background is Chestnut oak. Generally speaking, Chestnut oak has the thickest, most deeply furrowed bark of any other Eastern Hardwood species.
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2021-11-06 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge
Pignut hickory's Autumn yellow is special and unmistakable. Its name is said to come from the saying that its sometimes bitter nuts were only good for pigs to eat. Squirrels will eat them but only after depleting most other sources of food. The big tree in the background is Chestnut oak. Generally speaking, Chestnut oak has the thickest, most deeply furrowed bark of any other Eastern Hardwood species.
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