By David Marquardt

 Kingdom PlantaePlantae  Subkingdom TracheobiontaTracheobionta  Superdivision SpermatophytaSpermatophyta  Division Magnoliophyta  Class MagnoliopsidaMagnoliopsida  Subclass HamamelididaeHamamelididae  Order JuglandalesJuglandales  Family JuglandaceaeJuglandaceae  Genus Juglans L. Juglans L.  Species Juglans cinerea L. Juglans cinerea L.

Shape, Form, and Leaves (1) The White Walnut grows to 40 to 60 feet in height and has a spreads of 40 to 60 feet The short trunk divides into a few ascending limbs and sparsely forked branches Smaller branches tend to droop down and turn up at the end The broad open crown has a irregular outline and a rounded top It grows very fast and often does not live more 75 years Figure 1

Leaves, Bark, and Twigs (3) Leaves are alternate and pinnately compound Leaves become wider at the middle Leaves are clammy hairy to the touch There are leaflets in one leaf leaflets can inches long The leaves are palatable to deer The bark of a white walnut has long broad flat ridges and is a light gray color The twigs have a “monkey face” on the leaf scars and are hairy. The hair seem to form a moustache on the monkey Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Bud, Flower, and Fruit (5) Terminal buds are oblong and flattened Lateral buds are much smaller and are generally superposed Female flowers usually appear first they are smaller and more inconspicuous than the male catkins ( Figure 6 ) They begin to flower in Mid-April to late June depending on Latitiude Fruits are nearly twice as long as they are wide and covered in oily hairs Fruits grow in groups of 1-5 and ripen in October The fruit provides food for squirrels and other rodents Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7

Habitat and Range (2) The White walnut can be found naturally in area covering central Missouri east towards Virginia North through New Hampshire and back west Across the Great Lakes region and Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois White Walnut grows best on well drained hillsides and streambeds in Mixed hardwood forests Figure 8

Uses (2) The white walnut is prized more for its nuts than for its lumber The sweet oily nuts are delicious they are used especially in New England for Maple- Butternut Candy Small amounts of wood are used in toys and novelties The wide spreading branches of this tree make it a great shade tree Figure 9

 Internet sources  1Nature Hills Nursery. (n.d.). White Walnut. Trees, Plants, Bushes, and Shrubs offered by Nature Hills Nursery. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from  2Rink, G. (n.d.). Juglans cinerea L. Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry - USDA Forest Service. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from  3Samuelson, L. (n.d.). Butternut/White Walnut. Trees of Alabama and the SOutheast. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from utternut_wht_walnut.htm utternut_wht_walnut.htm  4Department of Agriculture. (n.d.). Classification | USDA PLANTS. Welcome to the PLANTS Database | USDA PLANTS. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from l=JUCI&display=31 l=JUCI&display=31  5Elwell, L. (2009, May 15). Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet - Butternut. The University of Maine - Cooperative Extension. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from year-htm/butternut.htmhttp://extension.umaine.edu/mainetreeclub/factsheets/odd- year-htm/butternut.htm

 Figures  2 Elwell, L. (2009, May 15). Maine Tree Species Fact Sheet - Butternut. The University of Maine - Cooperative Extension. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from htm/butternut.htm htm/butternut.htm  3, 4 Hogan, M. (n.d.). Butternut/White Walnut. Trees of Alabama and the Southeast. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from nut_wht_walnut.htm nut_wht_walnut.htm  8 Rink, G. (n.d.). Juglans cinerea L. Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry - USDA Forest Service. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from  1, 5, 6, 7, and 9 Wcisel, K. (n.d.). Juglans cinerea - Butternut Tree Facts & Pictures. Treetopics.com Photographs of trees and woody plants. Pictures to help identify trees.. Retrieved June 23, 2010, from