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| Name: | Hickory |
| Flooring Trade Name: | Hickory |
| Botanical Name: | Carya spp |
| Lumber Name: | bitternut, black hickory, broom hickory, brown hickory, coast pignut hickory, false shagbark, hard shell, little pignut, little shagbark, nutmeg hickory, oval pignut hickory, pignut, pignut hickory, red hickory, redheart hickory, small fruited hickory, small pignut, smoothbark hickory, swamp hickory, sweet hickory, sweet pignut, sweet pignut hickory, switch-bud hickory, true hickory, white hickory. |
| Grows In: | Eastern to Midwestern United States |
| Color Range: | The sapwood of hickory is white, tinged with brown, while the heartwood is pale to reddish brown. The wood is known for its strength and shock resistance. It is difficult to dry or season. It rates above average in most working properties, except in shaping and nail-holding ability. The wood of pecans is rated slightly below that of true hickories |
| Color Change | moderate |
| Hardness: | Hickory has a Janka Hardness rating of 1820 compared to 1260 for Red Oak. |
| Stability: | average |
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Working Properties:Hickory is considered difficult to machine and glue. It holds nails well, but it tends to split. It is susceptible to bird peck.
Durability:Rated as slightly or nonresistant to heartwood decay.
Preservation:Extremely resistant.
Uses:Tool handles, furniture, cabinetry, ladder rungs, dowels, sportinggoods (including baseball bats, skis and archery equipment), flooring, veneer, plywood, fuelwood, charcoal
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