Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Of the dozen or so American hickories, shellbark and shagbark hickory trees ...

KEYSVILLE – As children, my brother and sisters and I were taken on a yearly nut-gathering expedition to this northwest Carroll community. There, in a picnic grounds directly across the road from my ...

Hickory nuts are oval-shaped, light-tan nuts found inside of larger, darker hulls. The tree's fall leaf color is a rich gold. Q: My neighbor has this tree that I think is a hickory. Some of the ...