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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juglans nigra   FAMILY Juglandaceae

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

Juglans nigra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Juglans nigra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-01-001:

Juglans nigra   FAMILY Juglandaceae

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

Wallia nigra

 

COMMON NAME:
Black Walnut


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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p23

        

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JK Marlow    jkm191222_2365_j_nigra

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_203

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_juni_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_juni_010_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm210209_8733

February    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Lateral buds often superposed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_juglans_nigra_2

March        

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JK Marlow    s050316_c

March    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Leaf scars alternate; terminal bud present, scaled; superposed buds present.

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Sam Pratt    sbp_20140324_111419

March    Spartanburg County    SC

With age, bark becomes thick, dark, fissured and ridged, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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JK Marlow    jkm070506_115

May    Gaston County    NC

Redlair Farms

Husks can be removed by driving over the nuts on a dirt driveway, per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    jkm210507_0014

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaf scars large, slightly heart-shaped; lateral buds usually superposed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    jkm210507_0016

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_juglans_nigra_4

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

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Gill Newberry    gn06_j_nigra_large_tree

June        

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Gill Newberry    gn06_j_nigra_leaf_pattern

June        

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JK Marlow    jkm070622_002

June    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Fruit a nut encased in a juicy, aromatic, green or black seamless husk, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    jkm070622_004

June    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm080616_027

June    Oconee County    SC

Leaves aromatic when rubbed; with 15-23 leaflets, terminal one often absent, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    jkm060805_077

August    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Roots produce juglone, which inhibits the growth of neighboring plants, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Steve Marlow    snm_0118

August    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

The pith of Juglans is chambered [whereas that of Carya is homogenous], per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_juglans_nigra

September        

Fruit a nut encased in a juicy, aromatic, green or black seamless husk, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    jkm101024_681

October    Pickens County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm121007_410

October    Wythe County    VA

New River Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm231023_6162

October    Greenville County    SC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_juglans_nigra_1

October        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juglans nigra   FAMILY Juglandaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juglans nigra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 053-01-001:
Juglans nigra   FAMILY Juglandaceae

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

 

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772

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests of floodplains and slopes, calcareous hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Pinnately compound: 15-23 leaflets (terminal leaflet often absent)
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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