Little Walnut
Juglans microcarpa
Little walnut is a small, often shrubby walnut of Texas and Southwestern streambeds and limestone draws, with tiny thick-shelled nuts. Heat- and drought-tough for arid riparian plantings.
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–20 ft
- Spacing
- 15–30 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~129 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, KS, NM, OK, TX
Related native plants
More Juglans species
- Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
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- Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
- Arizona Walnut (Juglans major)