Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Juglandaceae
| FIA distributions (630 counties) quartiles: | min | 1st | mean | median | 3rd | max | rank |
| Diameter, cm (3532 plots) | 0.3 | 13.9 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 31.2 | 105.7 | 29 |
| Growth Rate, cm2/yr (976 plots) | 0.2 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 17.6 | 72.9 | 52 |
| Annual Temperature, °C | 3.6 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 20.4 | 61 |
| January Temperature, °C | -11.5 | -5.5 | -3.6 | -3.3 | -1.2 | 10.7 | 63 |
| Precipitation, mm | 733 | 892 | 1000 | 992 | 1110 | 1360 | 65 |
| Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month | 26.0 | 52.1 | 60.5 | 59.7 | 68.6 | 100.0 | 65 |
| Maximum Elevation, m | 15 | 274 | 383 | 334 | 409 | 1530 | 34 |
| Slope, percent | 0.0 | 4.4 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 49.8 | 39 |
| pH | 2.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 19 |
| Permeability, cm/hr | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 9.8 | 69 |
| Organic Matter, percent | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 19.8 | 20 |
| Clay, percent | 3.4 | 19.2 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 29.0 | 51.9 | 20 |
| Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm | 3.4 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 16 |