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Butternut

Butternut (Juglans cinerea)

GIS Coordinate:
N40 21.276 W94 53.440

Trail Number:
C24

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Description

Family:
Juglandaceae

Foliage:
Leaves: Alternate, pinnately compound, 10 to 20" long, 11 to 19 leaf lets

Native Locale:
New Brunswick to Georgia and west to Dakotas and Arkansas

Mature Height:
40 to 60 feet

Mature Width:
30 to 50 feet

Hardiness Zones:
Zone 3 to 7

Soil Preference:
Prefers moist, rich, deep soils of bottomlands although it grows quite well in drier, rocky soils, especially limestone

Growth Habit:
Round- topped with a short, usually forked or crooked trunk and somewhat open

Rate of Growth:
Slow

Disease and Insect:
n/a

Landscape Value:
n/a

Additional Notes:
n/a