NOMENCLATURE OF THE SHELLBARK HICKORIES.
Reading edition
The names "shellbark," "shagbark" and "scalybark" are at present used interchangeably by authors for different species of the hickory. It is advised that the Association take an arbitrary stand on the nomenclature and state our choice of the name "shagbark" for Hicoria ovata, "shellbark" for Hicoria laciniosa and "scalybark" for Hicoria Carolinae-septentrionalis.
This should become a matter of official record and eventually clear up the confusion.