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Also called shellbark hickory.
Part of hickory/pecan genus Carya in butternut/hickory/pecan/walnut family Juglandaceae in bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut order Fagales.
Native to eastern 🇨🇦 Canada, and central and eastern 🇺🇸 USA. 🌎︎ Map (.pdf).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) Nuts are edible. Its wood makes great 🔨︎ tool handles.
Carya hosts caterpillars of 213 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
Only mature trees have bark in thick rigid shaggy gray vertical strips, barely attached.
This tree produces a ☠︎ toxic [?] substance that prevents some plants from growing under or near them.
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butternut/hickory/pecan/walnut branches family Juglandaceae hickory/pecan leaves genus Carya bark (on the trunk)