bitter pecan


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Noun1.bitter pecan - hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nutsbitter pecan - hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
Carya aquatica, water bitternut, water hickory
Carya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
hickory tree, hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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Analysis indicated that the bitter pecan value was significantly lower than the mockernut hickory value.
of DBH, mean Species size sites (range) (in.) Mockernut hickory (Carya 18 1 18.5 (15.1-24.3) tomentosa) Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) 12 2 17.4 (14.5-20.8) Bitter pecan (Carya aquatica) 21 2 17.0 (13.1-21.3) Sweetgum (Liquidambar 33 2 16.4 (11.5-21.6) styraciflua) Total height, mean (range) Bulk density, mean Species (ft) (SD) (lb/[ft.sup.3]) Mockernut hickory (Carya 94 (72-120) 81.5 (3.58) tomentosa) Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) 83 (62-104) 79.3 (4.74) Bitter pecan (Carya aquatica) 73 (52-89) 77.6 (2.31) Sweetgum (Liquidambar 92 (63-110) 78.3 (4.69) styraciflua)
Bulk density (scaling factor) of 14 hardwood species in Arkansas
Pecan, pecan hickory, Southern pecan, pecan nut, pecan tree, faux hickory, sweet pecan, water hickory, bitter pecan, low ground hickory, wild pecan, swamp hickory, wild pecan, pignut hickory, water bitternut
Nuts about pecan: most notable for the delicious pecan nut, pecan trees also yield wood that can have a wide variety of looks
phellos L.), bitter pecan (Carya x lecontei) and baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) L.C.
Bare root seedlings of willow oak, Nuttall oak, bitter pecan and baldcypress were planted with a minimum height of 30 to 45 cm.
Eight-year effects of plastic tree shelters on planted bottomland hardwood species in northeast Arkansas
I was up a bitter pecan tree on the edge of a Louisiana slough, wishing daylight would hurry up and win the contest so my range of vision could be extended past a few yards.
From the fog: "then I saw him and ran toward him a few steps and literally fell to my knees with relief."

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