They were also somewhat different from each other (one tree had rounded nuts, the other more elongated). The ground below them was littered with nuts which were obviously Water Hickory nuts (flattened and very rough nuts with winged husks), but very different from the 'Water Hickory' nuts collected from the only other tree we know in Brazos Bend, near the Nature Center. In early October 2020, we went to Brazos Bend State Park and discovered two Water Hickory trees. Unidentified Hickory from Big Thicket, possibly another variety of Pignut HickoryĪs I collected plenty of them, I planted the Mockernut Hickory, both unidentified Hickories, and the Bitternut Hickory nuts in the seedling patch. Pignut Hickory (probably) from Village Creek I have collected these for a couple of years now and the nuts are always dark brown. The fruit is shaped like a Pignut Hickory (some of them are shaped like pears), but it is too large and the husk is too thick to be a standard Pignut Hickory - it is possibly a variety called Carya glabra var megacarpa. Unidentified Hickory, from Big Thicket.

Shagbark Hickory, from the Houston Arboretum Mockernut Hickory, from Village Creek State Park, Arkansas I collected an assortment of hickory nuts, which are shown below, compared to Water Hickory and Pecan nuts from the previous year: In November 2019, I went to Big Thicket and also to Village Creek State Park in Arkansas.

Acorn tree types