Butternut
(Juglans cinerea)

Other common names: White Walnut

French names: Noyer cendré

Family: Walnut Family (Juglandaceae)

Distinctive features: Tree;"Canoe" pattern on bark

Similar species:
  •   Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) - has a small terminal leaflet (or none).

  •   Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) - twigs and branches are fuzzy.

  •   Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)


Flowers: Spring

Leaves: Alternate;  Compound/Divided;  Entire

Trunk: "Canoe" pattern on bark

Habitat: Forests, edges of forests

Books: Trees in Canada: 198   

Native/Non-native: Native

Status: RARE - endangered

Photographs: 85 photographs available, of which 3 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

  

Butternut bark is composed of flat-topped ridges, not very deep. It is said to have a canoe-shaped pattern.

A twig and buds.

What the top of a mature Butternut tree looks like.
  

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