Synonyms: Hicoria pallida, Pale Hickory.
Sand Hickory is native to the southeastern United States, growing mainly in sandy or rocky soils. It is uncommon throughout its range.
Leaves usually have seven leaflets, occasionally nine. They are aromatic and scurfy, pale beneath. When young, the leaves have numerous silvery scales on their undersides and on the leafstalks. The twigs are sometimes hairy or scaly. The terminal buds are red-brown with silvery scales and appear silvery in winter. The bark is pale to dark gray, often deeply furrowed (Brown and Brown, 1972). The fruit is ellipsoid to obovoid or nearly round, scaly and hairy, and similar to that of Red Hickory but smaller, with a thin husk and ridges that run nearly to the base (Fernald, 1950)
In Maryland, Sand Hickory is found on dry, sandy soils of the Coastal Plain.
Host plant for Widow Underwing Moth.
There are 22 records in the project database.
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