bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)
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Flowering plantsIn Ohio

Bitternut hickory

Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K.Koch

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Fagales
Genus
Carya
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Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (37)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (47)
  • Recorded, season not shown (3)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
bitternut hickory by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Athens County122 · Season shown
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yet
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yet
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clermont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yet
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga County39 · Recorded, season not shown
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yet
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton County25 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yet
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lucas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yet
Montgomery CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yet
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yet
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yet
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Summit County23 · Recorded, season not shown
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 545 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 545 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of bitternut hickory in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of bitternut hickoryYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10546,211
Jan 11–17645,146
Jan 18–24114,645
Jan 25–31434,698
Feb 1–71646,023
Feb 8–14645,888
Feb 15–21435,436
Feb 22–28856,846
Mar 1–7838,321
Mar 8–148410,384
Mar 15–219512,620
Mar 22–286413,949
Mar 29 – Apr 416519,661
Apr 5–114326,860
Apr 12–1810439,925
Apr 19–253341,623
Apr 26 – May 212656,391
May 3–95352,952
May 10–163353,785
May 17–232257,698
May 24–309454,651
May 31 – Jun 610253,099
Jun 7–134253,700
Jun 14–209356,625
Jun 21–273355,361
Jun 28 – Jul 41158,477
Jul 5–1110561,336
Jul 12–1819664,722
Jul 19–2518869,753
Jul 26 – Aug 114759,416
Aug 2–813559,712
Aug 9–1517855,994
Aug 16–229654,328
Aug 23–299551,772
Aug 30 – Sep 511557,167
Sep 6–1213859,075
Sep 13–1922854,543
Sep 20–266345,860
Sep 27 – Oct 315643,180
Oct 4–1023437,841
Oct 11–1723830,824
Oct 18–2419821,156
Oct 25–3119819,021
Nov 1–729714,172
Nov 8–1421512,621
Nov 15–21637,965
Nov 22–281768,136
Nov 29 – Dec 51556,083
Dec 6–121546,004
Dec 13–19325,423
Dec 20–26225,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2548,459

Reported in flower

No records here show flowers yet, so there is no flowering season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

No fruiting season shown here. The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • pignut hickory Carya glabraOften confused in Ohio: 12 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • shagbark hickory Carya ovata194 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Carya alba Carya alba132 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica44 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • eastern black walnut Juglans nigra42 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Forest59%31%
Developed27%49%
Farmland7%11%
Wetland5%5%
Open water1%3%
Grassland and shrub1%0.9%

From 310 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

545 records from 1 dataset.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.