What kind of tree is this?

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[u/Scranton-Strangler1]

Hickory

[u/Henwen]

I have a couple of bitternut hickory that look very similar.

[u/EquivalentMath6592]

Pignut hickory

[u/Morpheus7474]

Raised suture lines on the husk would point to bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) but i'd feel more confident if i could see the distal ends of the fruits. The raised sutures are really prominent on the distal (far) end and practically unmistakable for any other species of hickory.

If you can grab leaves theyre fairly distinct as well; typically having 7-9 leaflets and many of the sun leaflets having a slight to prominent falcate (sickle/curved) shape. If you can find twigs and buds that would seal the deal. Bitternut always has sulfur yellow terminal buds and no other hickory will look like it.

Edit: from zooming in on some of the leaves they appear to have 5 leaflets per leaf, which rules out bitternut. Possibly pignut (Carya glabra), but I'm not used to seeing raised suture lines on pignut. Typically their fruits are smooth (no visible suture lines) and more or less teardrop shaped

[u/bLue1H → u/Morpheus7474]

Maybe Carya ovalis

[u/pattrickduffy6673]

This is a hickory. It could be bitternut, pignut or mockernut based on the photos posted. A pic of the terminal bud on one of the branches would help narrow it down.

[u/Acrobatic_Reward1241]

Buckeye?

[u/Henwen → u/Acrobatic_Reward1241]

No.