What kind of nut is this?

[curly_kate]

I found these on the driveway, which is lined with trees, so I have no way of knowing what the tree looks like that these came from. I know they are pretty nondescript, but they are about 1", and there were some that were green. I cracked one open (which was no mean feat!), and there wasn't much to speak of inside. Any ideas? My best guess is a beech nut.

 

[nachoqtpie]

I would say walnut but they don't have that green outer part... and you would KNOW because they would be everywhere... LOL

 

[curly_kate]

We have walnut & hickory nuts here, and it's definitely not either of those.

 

[so lucky]

That looks like what we have always called "butternut." I don't think there is anything edible to them. The tree I am thinking of is in the hickory family, with a larger softer looking leaf.

 

[Carol Dee]

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fruits/hickorynu3.htm
http://www.food-skills-for-self-sufficiency.com/hickory-nuts.html

Check these links, I am pretty sure you have a hickory tree.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I agree. A hickory nut.

 

[curly_kate]

Hm. I'll post a pic pf what we thought were hickory nuts too see what those might be.

 

[Smiles Jr.]

I always called them Pignuts. They are from the Hickory tree family. Very common to our area.

 

[journey11]

I am with Smiles on this one...pignut. Hickories are similar, but the nutshell is a bit more angular.

 

[897tgigvib]

Pignut it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pignut-hickory-nut.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carya_glabra