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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Juglandaceae
Juglans nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Juglandaceae
Juglans nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Juglandaceae
053-01-001
Juglans nigra
Common Name:
Black Walnut
Tree
Perennial
Deciduous
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of NC & SC)
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in moist, nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
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map, click
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...Moist
...Variable
Leaves:
Compound: Pinnate 15-23
Alternate
Flower:
Spring
Fruit:
Fall
Drupaceous nut
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p286
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p294
Landscaping with Native Trees p130
Trees of the Southeastern US p064
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p11
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JK Marlow
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January
Walker County
GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow
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March
Rutherford County
NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaf scars alternate; terminal bud present, scaled; superposed buds present.
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
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May
Gaston County
NC
Redlair Farms
Remove husks by driving over the nuts on a dirt driveway, per Weakley's Flora.
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm070622_002
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June
Greenville County
SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm070622_004
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June
Greenville County
SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm080616_027
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JK Marlow
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August
Haywood County
NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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