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Juglans hindsii, commonly called the Northern California black walnut and Hinds's black walnut, is a species of walnut tree native to the western United States (California and Oregon). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is commonly called claro walnut by the lumber industry and woodworkers, and is the subject of some confusion over its being the root stock ...
Walnut trees are any species of tree in the plant genus Juglans, the type genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are referred to as walnuts.All species are deciduous trees, 10–40 metres (33–131 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres (7.9–35.4 in), with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya), but not ...
Butternut wood is light in weight and takes polish well, and is highly rot resistant, but is much softer than black walnut wood. Oiled, the grain of the wood usually shows much light. It is often used to make furniture, and is a favorite of woodcarvers.
Black walnut is an important tree commercially, as the wood is a deep brown color and easily worked. Walnut seeds are cultivated for their distinctive and desirable taste. Walnut trees are grown for lumber and food, and processors have found additional markets for even the tough outer hulls by finely grinding them for use in products such as ...
Juglandaceae (walnut family) 408 Carya tomentosa: mockernut hickory Juglandaceae (walnut family) Juglans: walnuts; Juglans cinerea: butternut; white walnut Juglandaceae (walnut family) 601 Juglans nigra: black walnut Juglandaceae (walnut family) 602 Juglans regia: Persian walnut; common walnut Juglandaceae (walnut family) Lauraceae: laurel family
Juglans californica, the California black walnut, also called the California walnut, or the Southern California black walnut, [1] is a large shrub or small tree (about 20–49 feet (6.1–14.9 m) [3]) of the walnut family, Juglandaceae, endemic to the Central Valley and the Coast Range valleys from Northern to Southern California.
The wood is light and takes polish well, but is of much lower quality than Persian walnut wood. It is often used to make furniture. It is often used to make furniture. Toyo Tire evaluated the shell of heartnut as being very hard and the fragments sharp, and it came to be used as a material for snow tires (studless tires).
The Persian walnut, Juglans regia, is one of the major nut crops of the world. Walnut, hickory, and gaulin are also valuable timber trees while pecan wood is also valued as cooking fuel. Description