Growth rate is slow and the tree is somewhat difficult to transplant due to a coarse root system but the tree is adaptable to many different soils. There is usually a tap root on trees grown in well-drained soil.The nuts are produced in abundance and are edible and used by birds and mammals but must also be cleaned up from the ground in a maintained landscape.They can damage cars when they fall from the tree, so do not locate them near streets or parking areas.Shagbark Hickory grows best in a sunny location and light well-drained soil. It grows naturally in moist river bottoms, not inundated flood plains,