Growth rate is slow and the tree is somewhat difficultto transplant due to a coarse root system but the tree isadaptable to many different soils. There is usually a tap rooton trees grown in well-drained soil. The nuts are producedin abundance and are edible and used by birds and mammalsbut must also be cleaned up from the ground in amaintained landscape. They can damage cars when they fallfrom the tree, so do not locate them near streets or parkingareas. Shagbark hickory grows best in a sunny location andlight well-drained soil. It grows naturally in moist riverbottoms, not inundated flood plains,