Butternut
Juglans cinerea
Butternut, or white walnut, is a fast, spreading tree of cool moist woods bearing sweet, oily, oblong nuts. Increasingly rare due to butternut canker, making conservation plantings valuable.
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 40–60 ft
- Spacing
- 40–60 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~129 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
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- Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Southern California Walnut (Juglans californica)
- Arizona Walnut (Juglans major)
- Little Walnut (Juglans microcarpa)