Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America, but it isn't one single type of tree; it's a variety of species within the Carya genus. There are about 12 species native ...

However, there is one native tree species that has lovely yellow-gold foliage and illuminates our woodlands in spite of the past month’s austere, dry conditions, and that is the hickory tree. The ...

Hickory Nut Gorge green salamanders spend most of their lives in trees and rock outcrops using their unique markings to stay camouflaged. Habitat loss, human exploitation and climate change could wipe ...

When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 ...

BAT CAVE, N.C.— Conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect Hickory Nut Gorge green salamanders under the Endangered Species Act ... it spends the majority of ...

Chestnuts, filberts, hazelnuts, hickory, butternuts, black walnuts, and many oaks, can be grown from nuts they produce and become nut-bearing trees in as little as 8-10 years, providing a source ...

This species in the Adirondacks reaches ... chamber of shredded bark and leaves, or a tree cavity which it seems to prefer. The principle foods are seeds and nuts with acorns, beechnuts, butternuts, ...

Individual nuts are often smaller than wanted in ... Before this, pecans were virtually unknown within the country. Pecan ...

Beechnuts, acorns, hickory nuts, and other large seeds which ... and some species of lichens are other foods. This species is omnivorous and eats substantial quantities of animal foods (more than ...

Invasive plants tend to push out advantageous native species and cause other negative ripple effects. For example, tree of ...

It’s been almost three weeks since Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, and the team at Hickory Nut Gap Farm have already made considerable progress cleaning up debris. For some ...

The fate of many other at-risk species − including the southern bog turtle, Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander ... of Western North Carolina, clearing trees and vegetation.