Shagbark Hickories are most known for something all Hickories are known for, their nuts. Shagbark nuts are editable and not only do humans eat them but so do loads of animals. Its wood can be used for fuel, furniture, flooring, cure meats, and good athletic equipment.

Just like other Hickories, it does not have many insects or diseases that try to come after it. While that may be true it does have some things that like to try and come after it, the bark beetle and the pecan weevil, as well as those there is fungus that will burrow and grow into the tree causing it to rot, and eventually die.