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Juglans regia, the common walnut [1] or Persian walnut [2] amongst other regional names, is a species of walnut.It is native to Eurasia in at least southwest and central Asia and southeast Europe, but its exact natural area is obscure due to its long history of cultivation.
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 ...
The Juglandaceae are a plant family known as the walnut family.They are trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales.Members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia.
Walnut tree species make up the genus Juglans, ... J. regia L. – common walnut, Persian, English, or Carpathian walnut; J. sigillata Dode – iron walnut;
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.
Black walnut is an important tree commercially, as the wood is a deep brown color and easily worked. Walnut seeds ( nuts ) 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 ...
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.
Juglans major (literally, the larger walnut), also known as Arizona walnut, [1] is a walnut tree which grows to 50 ft tall (15 m) with a DBH of up to 0.61 metres (2 ft) at elevations of 300–2,130 m (1,000–7,000 ft) in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. [4] It also occurs in Mexico as far south as Guerrero. [5]