The wood is heavy, hard, strong, tough and flexible. Its uses are the same as those of the other hickories.
Buckley’s hickory, Carya buckleyi Durand, occurs on sandy uplands in the southwest. It is a small tree with spreading, contorted branches. The fruit is contained in a hairy husk, the nut is angular, marked with pale veins and has a sweet kernel.
BLUE BEECH Carpinus caroliniana Walt.
THE blue beech, or American hornbeam, belongs to the birch family rather than to the beeches. It is a small slow-growing bushy tree, 20 to 30 feet tall with a diameter 4 to 8 inches. It is found along streams and in low ground through the State.
BLUE BEECH
Leaf, one-half natural size. Twig, one-half natural size.
The trunk is smooth fluted with irregular ridges extending up and down the tree. The bark is light brownish-gray to dark bluish-gray in color, sometimes marked with dark bands extending horizontally on the trunk.