Carya glabra, Pignut Hickory
According to Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network this tree was named in the colonial times from the consumption of small nuts by hogs.
Pignut hickory has alternate, pinnately compound leaves (usually occurring in groups of 5-7), with entire margins.
Hickory wood is strong, heavy, tough, and elastic, making it useful for manufacture of skis, tool handles, agricultural implements, wagons and gunstocks. (Petrides, George A. 1972, Trees and Shrubs of Northeast and North Central US and Southeast and South Central Canada (Peterson Field Guide). Houghton Miflin, 139 pp.)
