. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. of New York 51 BUTTERNUT Juglans cinerea, Linnaeus THE BUTTERNUT, also called White Walnut, is close-kin of the Black Walnut. The leaves are alternate, compound, with 13 to 23 leaflets. The flowers are of two kinds. The pollen-bearing occur in unbranched drooping clusters. The nut-producing occur in few-flowered clus- ters on new growth. The fruit is an elongated nut with a hairy, sticky, non- splitting husk. The nut is 4 - ribbed, pointed at one end, s h a r p 1 y furrowed over entire surface, and contains a sweet, oily edible kernel. The bark is gray
. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. of New York 51 BUTTERNUT Juglans cinerea, Linnaeus THE BUTTERNUT, also called White Walnut, is close-kin of the Black Walnut. The leaves are alternate, compound, with 13 to 23 leaflets. The flowers are of two kinds. The pollen-bearing occur in unbranched drooping clusters. The nut-producing occur in few-flowered clus- ters on new growth. The fruit is an elongated nut with a hairy, sticky, non- splitting husk. The nut is 4 - ribbed, pointed at one end, s h a r p 1 y furrowed over entire surface, and contains a sweet, oily edible kernel. The bark is gray to ashy-white, sepa- rates into wide flat ridges. The twigs are stout, greenish gray, often downy, contain dark - brown chambered pith. The buds are covered with dense pale down. Terminal bud is Yi to Yi, of an inch long, flattened, blunt- pointed, longer than wide. Lateral flower buds are pineapple-like, often placed one above BUTTERNUT One-fourth natural size, except 3 and 4 which are enlarged and 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 natural size. The wood is soft, not strong, light-brown. Used in furniture, interior finishing, and chests. The Butternut is found from New Brunswick to Minne- sota, south to Delaware and Arkansas and along mountains to Georgia. This tree is common locally across New York, but remains below 1,500 feet in the Adirondacks. It pre- fers rich, moist, calcareous soil, is most frequently met along streams, fences, and roads, and rarely exceeds 50 feet in height and 2 feet in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illick, Joseph S. (Joseph Simon), 1884-1967. Washington, D. C. , American Tree Association
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