The mockernut hickory is abundant in mixed hardwood forests on dry upland slopes. It is commonly found in association with other hickories, many oaks, sweetgum, yellow-poplar, and black locust. Use The wood from the mockernut hickory is used for handle stock, basketry, and agricultural implements. The wood makes excellent fuel, and the nuts are edible. Leaves Leaves are pinnately compound, alternate, and deciduous.
Leaflet bases are wedge-shaped or rounded.
Leaflet margins finely serrate. Leaflet surfaces are dark green and glabrous above, paler below with some pubescence along the midrib and lateral veins. The rachis are stout and glabrous. The flowers of this tree are unisexual and monoecious. The seed is wrinkled and bitter.