{"id":17593,"date":"2021-05-11T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=17593"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:12:04","slug":"id-that-tree-shellbark-hickory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/id-that-tree-shellbark-hickory\/","title":{"rendered":"ID That Tree: Shellbark Hickory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue extension forester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/contact-us\/directory\/lenny-d-farlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lenny Farlee<\/a> explains how to identify <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PZA90Ht65Vg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shellbark hickory<\/a> without the help from its leaves. He also shares about how to distinguish this native Indiana species from its close cousin, the shagbark hickory.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ID That Tree: Shellbark Hickory\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZA90Ht65Vg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding wildlife, trees, forest management, wood products, natural resource planning or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our\u00a0<a title=\"Ask an Expert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/got-nature-blog\/ask-an-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask an Expert<\/a>\u00a0web page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-285-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hickory and Pecan Species<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a title=\"shellbark hickory\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pfw.edu\/native-trees\/shellbark-hickory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shellbark Hickory<\/a>, Native Trees of Indiana River Walk, Purdue Fort Wayne<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arboretum.purdue.edu\/explorer\/plants\/21488\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shellbark Hickory<\/a>, The Purdue Arboretum Explorer<br \/>\n<a title=\"Permanent Link to ID That Tree Fall Color Edition: Shagbark Hickory, Video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/id-that-tree-fall-color-edition-shagbark-hickory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ID That Tree Fall Color Edition: Shagbark Hickory, Video<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog, Purdue Extension &#8211; Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a title=\"ID That Tree Youtube Channel Playlist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7V9w3jf2Sj_6-pNaw4sX4Ga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ID That Tree<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension-FNR YouTube Channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_yK8tstEacE&amp;list=PLgoGnq-fak7VTTnF4Bh9HvQnB_azYbAfY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Woodland Management Moment<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension-FNR YouTube Channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-482-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investing in Indiana Woodlands<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-idnr-414.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forest Improvement Handbook<\/a>, The Education Store<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/contact-us\/directory\/lenny-d-farlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lenny Farlee<\/a>, Sustaining Hardwood Extension Specialist<br \/>\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resource<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue extension forester Lenny Farlee explains how to identify shellbark hickory without the help from its leaves. He also shares about how to distinguish this native Indiana species from its close cousin, the shagbark hickory. If you have any questions regarding wildlife, trees, forest management, wood products, natural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,80,45,49,622],"tags":[63,1148,67,1421,1113],"class_list":["post-17593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-trees","category-howto","category-plants","category-woodlands","tag-how-to","tag-id-that-tree","tag-plants","tag-shellbark-hickory","tag-woodland","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17593"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33787,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17593\/revisions\/33787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}