I’ve searched through several creek drainages in south Dallas county over the last few weeks looking for Carya Myristiciformis. Today I finally found a large stand of trees including one that is 2 feet diameter. I picked up several nuts from the ground, unfortunately, all of them had black watery kernels. The nuts were large and appeared well developed with typical C. Myristiciformis shape. There was evidence of squirrel pilfering all around the trees. The largest tree was over 2 feet diameter which appears to be unusually large. Leaflets ranged from 5 to 7 on the trees I saw and were distinctive for lack any hairs typical of other hickory species. One caution about these trees, several of them showed hard diamond marked bark similar to Mockernut and not typical of Nutmeg hickory. There is a possibility this is a hybrid stand of trees from a long ago cross of Nutmeg hickory X another hickory species. The trees grew in association with swamp white oak and other hardwoods typical of the area. This link is of the location of the trees which are about 200 feet inside the tree line.
I also found an unusually productive black walnut tree on the south side of the road exactly 1 mile down the dirt road in this image.
The tree produced an abundant crop of very well developed nuts. I picked up about 50 and brought them home to dry. I will post the results in this thread in a few weeks as soon as they are ready to crack. Just on my initial evaluation, this is one of the best black walnut trees for nut production that I have seen in the state of Alabama. If the nuts are as good as I think they will be, I will collect scionwood in late January.