Is this Mockernut Hickory?

Right next to my cut today. Its definitely hickory but not sure of the variety. Bark too "flaky" for pignut.

 

How many leaflets? Can you find some with 9?Bark looks like it. Mockernut has 7-9

 

I wont be going back there. The leaves werent too close to the ground...zoomed pic. I honestly didnt count either.

 

Palm Hickory.

 

. Have you been hanging out with metalcuttr?

 

I’d like to have some pignut, mockernut and shag rounds to see if there is any difference in splitting difficulty.

 

I split a few of the shag with the two bit ax when i got home and not too bad. IME if fresh cut and not a lot of tiny "knot scars" they pop pretty good. Hand splitting of course. I had a half cord+ of older hickory rounds that had been sitting and stringy even on the hydro.

 

Not sure I understand this and I'm not even going to ask!

 

Some nuts from the tree in question.

 

Bark looks like the mockernut hickory we had.

 

Crack a nut open. If the shell is really thick it's shellbark if it's thin it's mockernut. Barks looks more like mocker but it's hard to tell sometimes.