Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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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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...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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January
Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

 

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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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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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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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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


June
Oconee County SC

Terminal leaflet often absent, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.

Compare this to Ailanthus altissima or Carya illinoinensis

Acknowledgments to Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review

 

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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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