Hickory or Walnut? ID help

[Kean]

Hi folks. I'm a bit of a novice. I live in Italy and see the attached tree planted all over the show, but I can't work out if it is Hickory or Walnut...waddayafink??

Also, a bit of guidance on the key differences evident in the pics would be great

 

thanks in advance

[Graham]

Hickory I would think. Not enough leaflets for walnut and the tip leaves are larger.

[se7enthdevil]

pretty sure that is a common walnut.

 

hickory has a slightly diferent shaped friut and the bark is brown and coarse unlike the young walnut bark picture you posted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Matthew Arnold]

Walnut. Did the leaves smell of "sweet liquorice"?

[Kean]

Thanks for your replies. I'll go and sniff a leaf and let you know!

[Kean]

Yes..sweet liquorice! Would that mean definitely walnut?

[GregM]

Walnut, It even has the nuts on it in one of the photos, break one open and have a look.

[Kean]

The trouble I've had is that perusing Google images, hickory fruit can look quite similar to walnut no?

[Tommy Hutchinson]

How to Identify Hickory Trees: 9 Steps - wikiHow

[se7enthdevil]

walnut and hickory friut does look sliyghtly similar at the erarly stage of development so it should be didregarded as a sole method of identification this is a similar affair with the leaves but the bark is a surefire way to tell them apart.

 

walnut is usualy quite pale and very distinct from other barks around it, basicaly what you photographed...

 

hickory should be slightly coarser (some species are very flakey) and darker in colour too.

 

 

 

 

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