Carya cordiformis Bitternut Hickory Juglandaceae
| FIA distributions (594 counties) quartiles: | min | 1st | mean | median | 3rd | max | rank |
| Diameter, cm (2273 plots) | 0.3 | 6.8 | 18.2 | 16.1 | 26.2 | 71.1 | 50 |
| Growth Rate, cm2/yr (505 plots) | 0.2 | 8.4 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 21.1 | 125.6 | 45 |
| Annual Temperature, °C | 2.9 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 19.7 | 61 |
| January Temperature, °C | -15.1 | -6.4 | -4.1 | -3.8 | -1.3 | 10.4 | 64 |
| Precipitation, mm | 647 | 846 | 961 | 952 | 1070 | 1330 | 68 |
| Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month | 27.2 | 52.3 | 62.6 | 61.1 | 70.9 | 107.0 | 61 |
| Maximum Elevation, m | 19 | 274 | 370 | 335 | 416 | 1240 | 30 |
| Slope, percent | 0.9 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 12.1 | 49.8 | 49 |
| pH | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 6 |
| Permeability, cm/hr | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 66 |
| Organic Matter, percent | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 26.0 | 19 |
| Clay, percent | 3.5 | 19.5 | 24.3 | 25.5 | 29.9 | 40.9 | 13 |
| Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm | 3.9 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 13.7 | 11 |