• Height:60-80 ft
  
• Spread: 40-60 ft
  
• Light: Full sun-Part shade
  
• Soil: Average-Moist, Well drained
  
• Zone: 5-8
  
• Deer Resistance: Moderate
  
• Deciduous
• Native

A taller shade tree at 60-80 feet tall that is known for its edible nuts. Nuts are sweet and support a lot of wildlife like deer, rabbits, foxes, chipmunks, and wild turkey. Nuts start green and turn brown with maturity. Shaggy bark that is similar to Carya ovata.Yellow-green catkins are produced in spring. Carya laciniosa is a host plant for the Hickory Horndevil Moth adding to the wildlife value. Prefers full sun to part shade. It prefers moist wet soils and can handle seasonal flooding.