26 Native Trees of Kentucky 



WALNUT FAMILY-Juglandaceae. 



The name of this family is a contraction of the Latin, Jovis 

 glans, the nut of Jupiter: it is represented by two genera: 

 A. Gems Julians Walnuts. 

 P>. (ienus Ilicoria Hickories. 



They have four common features: 



1. Aromatic hard wood. 



2. Leaves alternate, compound. 



3. Flowers catkins of two kinds ; staminate and pistillate 



on the same tree. 



4. Fruit woody nut enclosed in a fibrous husk. 

 They have two different characteristics: 



In Walnut: 



1. Twigs have champered pith. 



2. Xuts are rough, with persistent, undivided husk. 

 In Hickory : 



1. Twigs have solid pith. 



2. Xuts are smooth with a four-valved divided husk. 



A. WAI. NUT GENUS JUGLANS. 



The Walnut of Kentucky has two species : 

 </. Black Walnut Juglans nigra. 

 b. White Walnut Juglans cinerea. 



