Larger trees produce an edible, banana-shaped fruit in the fall, but it's hard to beat the squirrels to the ripe ones. A common hickory found mainly on sites with poor quality soil. It is valued for firewood and wildlife food. Highly valued for veneer. Its value is second only to black walnut.
White oak is a major export species of Indiana.
Veneer and veneer quality logs are shipped to other countries. This pine, native to the North woods, is identified by needles in groups of five. These pines have been planted to reclaim land eroded by poor farming practices of early settlers in many places in Indiana. As the pines die, they are naturally replaced by native species. This tree needs bare mineral soil to regenerate, and is often the first to grow after a forest fire.