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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 ...
Juglans regia is a large deciduous tree, attaining heights of 10–25 metres (35–80 feet), and a trunk up to 2 m (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in diameter, commonly with a short trunk and broad crown.
The trees are wind-pollinated, and the flowers are usually arranged in catkins. The fruits of the Juglandaceae are often confused with drupes but are accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an involucre and thus not morphologically part of the carpel; this means it cannot be a drupe but is instead a drupe-like nut ...
It is cultivated there and in North America as a forest tree for its high-quality wood. Black walnut plantings can be made to produce timber, nuts, or both timber and nuts. Patented timber-type trees were selected and released from Purdue University in the early 1990s. These trees have been sporadically available from nurseries. Varieties ...
Butternut A mature butternut tree Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Vulnerable (NatureServe) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Fagales Family: Juglandaceae Genus: Juglans Section: Juglans sect. Trachycaryon Species: J. cinerea Binomial name Juglans cinerea L. 1759 Natural range Synonyms Nux cinerea (L ...
Walnut tree species make up the genus Juglans, which belongs to the subtribe Juglandinae. Genera and species. Image Genus Living species Cyclocarya Iljinsk.
Juglans hindsii is a large tree that grows up to 30–60 feet (9.1–18.3 m) tall in open settings, and may reach over 100 feet (30 m) tall in closed canopy settings. This species normally has a single erect trunk, commonly without branches in the lower half of the tree, and a crown that can be wider than the tree is tall.
It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m (66 ft) tall, rarely 30 m (98 ft), and 40–80 centimetres (16–31 in) stem diameter, with light grey bark. The leaves are pinnate, 50–90 cm (20–35 in) long, with 11–17 leaflets, each leaflet 7–16 cm (3– 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 3–5 cm (1–2 in) broad.