Water Hickory

Specimen tree in wet settings. This is a good plant to grow in floodplains.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Nut and leaf drop can be messy in a home landscape.

Ducks and other wildlife consume nuts.

Swamps

• Interesting foliage
• Larval host for many moths including; luna moth (Actias luna), hickory leafroller moth (Argyrotaenia juglandana), royal walnut moth (Citheronia regalis), and walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis.