Southern California Walnut
Juglans californica
Southern California walnut is a small, often multi-trunked walnut of southern California foothills and washes, anchoring a rare walnut-woodland habitat. Drought-deciduous and valuable for wildlife mast.
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–30 ft
- Spacing
- 20–40 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~129 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
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