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Walnut trees are any species of tree in the plant genus Juglans, the type genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are referred to as walnuts.All species are deciduous trees, 10–40 metres (33–131 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres (7.9–35.4 in), with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya), but not ...
Juglans nigra, the eastern American black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to central and eastern North America, growing mostly in riparian zones. Black walnut is susceptible to thousand cankers disease , which provoked a decline of walnut trees in some regions.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This article is a list of diseases of black walnuts (Juglans nigra). Bacterial diseases ...
Family Juglandaceae, genus Juglans sect. Rhysocaryon: Juglans nigra, the eastern black walnut, a species of flowering tree native to eastern North America. Juglans californica, California black walnut or Southern California black walnut. Juglans hindsii, the Northern California walnut or Hinds' black walnut. Juglans major, Arizona black walnut.
Image Genus Living species Cyclocarya Iljinsk.: Cyclocarya paliurus - wheel wingnut; Juglans L.: J. ailantifolia Carr. – Japanese walnut; J. mandshurica Maxim. – Manchurian walnut or Chinese walnut
Juglone occurs naturally in the leaves, roots, husks, fruit (the epicarp), and bark of plants in the Juglandaceae family, particularly the black walnut (Juglans nigra), and is toxic or growth-stunting to many types of plants. [1] It is sometimes used as an herbicide, as a dye for cloth and inks, and as a coloring agent for foods and cosmetics.
Black walnut (Juglans nigra) is used by Cherokee artists to produce a deep brown approaching black. [28] Today black walnut is primarily used to dye baskets but has been used in the past for fabrics and deerhide. Juniper, Juniperus monosperma, ashes provide brown and yellow dyes for Navajo people, [31] as do the hulls of wild walnuts (Juglans ...