Sand Hickory

Sand Hickory is a native nut tree specially adapted to the dry, sandy, acidic soils of pine-oak barrens, sandhills, and upland forest margins across the southeastern coastal plain from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Kansas, where it thrives in conditions too infertile and dry for most other nut trees. The compound leaves are distinctively pale and silvery-hairy on the undersides — a useful field character separating it from the similar Pignut and Mockernut hickories — and produce brilliant gold fall color. Nuts are moderately thin-shelled with mildly bitter to slightly sweet kernels eaten by squirrels, white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, and black bears; direct sow fresh nuts in fall at 2–3 inch depth in sandy, well-drained, acidic soil in full sun, allowing 90 days of cold stratification before spring germination. Once established, Sand Hickory is highly drought-tolerant and requires no supplemental irrigation, making it the ideal native nut tree for dry, infertile, xeric sites. Спосіб посадки: Посів у відкритий ґрунт Відстань між рослинами: 300–480 дюймів Висота: 600–960 дюймів Дні до схожості: 30–90 Температура ґрунту для схожості: 4–13°C

Sand Hickory is a native nut tree specially adapted to the dry, sandy, acidic soils of pine-oak barrens, sandhills, and upland forest margins across the southeastern coastal plain from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Kansas, where it thrives in conditions too infertile and dry for most other nut trees. The compound leaves are distinctively pale and silvery-hairy on the undersides — a useful field character separating it from the similar Pignut and Mockernut hickories — and produce brilliant gold fall color. Nuts are moderately thin-shelled with mildly bitter to slightly sweet kernels eaten by squirrels, white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, and black bears; direct sow fresh nuts in fall at 2–3 inch depth in sandy, well-drained, acidic soil in full sun, allowing 90 days of cold stratification before spring germination. Once established, Sand Hickory is highly drought-tolerant and requires no supplemental irrigation, making it the ideal native nut tree for dry, infertile, xeric sites. Спосіб посадки: Посів у відкритий ґрунт Відстань між рослинами: 300–480 дюймів Висота: 600–960 дюймів Дні до схожості: 30–90 Температура ґрунту для схожості: 4–13°C --- Час посадки: -8–-2 тижнів осіння посадка Direct sow fresh nuts in fall at 2–3 inch depth in dry, sandy, acidic, well-drained soil in full sun; cold stratification of 90 days over winter is required before spring germination. Sand Hickory develops a long taproot and is best established by direct seeding or very young container-grown transplants.