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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juglans cinerea   FAMILY Juglandaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juglans cinerea   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Juglans cinerea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Juglans cinerea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-01-002:

Juglans cinerea   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Wallia cinerea

 

COMMON NAME:
Butternut, White Walnut


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image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p22a

        

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_202

        

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_juci_001_lvd

        

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_juci_004_lhd

        

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_juci_005_lvd

        

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm090404_050

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

The bark of both Juglans species resembles a chocolate brownie when cut, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm090425_012

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

As the tree ages, bark develops dark fissures and flat-topped gray ridges, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmjcinerea_littlergsm

April-May?    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Staminate flowers in catkins 3-5" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9146

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9148

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9179

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9181

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Not normal for leaflet arrangement to vary from opposite, but it happens.

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm120830_269

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

Leaflet lower surfaces pubescent; rachis sticky tomentose, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm140816_712

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm140816_715

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Fruit ellipsoid, glandular-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm140816_722

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

image of Juglans cinerea, Butternut, White Walnut

JK Marlow    jkm140816_725

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaves with 11-17 hairy leaflets, the terminal leaflet usually present, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juglans cinerea   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juglans cinerea   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juglans cinerea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juglans cinerea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-01-002:
Juglans cinerea   FAMILY Juglandaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Wallia cinerea

 

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771

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Pinnately compound: 11-17 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 3-6 lobed, pistillate calyx 4-parted
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

Staminate flowers in elongate pendulous catkins

FRUIT:
Fall
Drupaceous nut

 

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