My regions pecan trees are having a mast year. I know these are well past flowering stage but they are related nonetheless. Plus they are beautiful and smell wonderful!

#Bloomscrolling #botany #pecantree #dendrology #Carya illinoinensis

I used this company this year to trim the Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) in my back garden, and one of the company's arborists has a blog in which he recently discussed the efforts he went through to harvest native shellbark hickory nuts (Carya laciniosa) to make a holiday pie, and how the pie compared to his sister-in-law's pecan pie:

#trees #hickory #Carya #ShellbarkHickory #HickoryNuts #pecans #pie #foraging

https://www.russelltreeexperts.com/arbor-ed/2022/12/27/hickory-vs-pecan#