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BUTTERNUT 



Juglans ctnerea, Linnaeus 



HE Butternut, also called White Walnut, is a close kin 

 to the Black Walnut. 



The leaves are alternate, compound, with 13 to 23 

 leaflets. 



The flowers arc of 

 two kinds. The pol- 

 len-bearing occur in 

 unbranched, droop- 

 ing clusters. The 

 nut-producing occur 

 in few-flowered clus- 

 ters on new growth. 



The fruit is an 

 elongated nut with a 

 hairy, sticky, non- 

 splitting husk. The 

 nut is 4 - ribbed, 

 pointed at one end. 

 sharply f u r r owed 

 over entire surface, 

 and contains a sweet, 

 oily edible nut. 



The bark is gray to 

 ashy-white, separates 

 into wide flat ridges. 



The twigs are stout, 

 greenish-gray, often 



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dark - brown Cham- One-fonrth natural size, except 3 and 4 which are 



bered oith. The enlarged and 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 natural size. 



buds arc covered with dense pale down. Terminal bud is 

 ^ to ^ of an inch long, flattened, blunt-pointed, longer 

 than wide. Lateral flower buds are pineapple-like, often 

 placed one above another. 



The wood is soft, not strong, light-brown. Used in 

 furniture, interior finishing, and chests. 



The Butternut is found from New Brunswick to Minne- 

 sota, south to Delaware and Arkansas and along mountains 

 to Georgia. It is distributed throughout Ohio, but is less 

 common than the Black Walnut. It is also of less com- 

 mercial importance than the latter. It prefers rich, moist 

 soil, is most frequently met along streams, fences, and roads, 

 and rarely exceeds 50 jfect in height and 2 feet in diameter. 



