Bitternut Hickory

Name

Bitternut Hickory

Scientific name

Carya cordiformis

Type

herbarium sheet

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation

Spatial Coverage

Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

1933-07-10

Description

Pressed specimen of another hickory. This one called "bitter-nut" by Sturgeon. He says that no hickorys grow on the island except these two. "Bitter-nut" he says can be used for basket handles and rims but, since it breaks easier, it is not used if "shell-bark" can be obtained (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 7).

Identifier

UMMAA 13965

Collector

Volney Jones

UM holding institution

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Relation

collected at same time and place as UMMAA 13964 and UMMAA 13970