Black Walnut
(Juglans nigra)

Other common names: American Walnut
French names: Noyer noir
Family: Walnut Family (Juglandaceae)
Distinctive features: Tree
Similar species:
  •   Butternut (Juglans cinerea) - has a large terminal leaflet.
  •   Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) - twigs and branches fuzzy.
  •   Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
Flowers: Spring
Leaves: Alternate;  Compound/Divided;  Toothed;  Black Walnut trees have compound alternate leaves which are very pungent when rubbed, .
Habitat: Forests, open areas.
Edible: Nuts are edible.
Books: Trees in Canada: 200   
Native/Non-native: Native
Status: Common
See Also:
  •   Great Americans: The Black Walnut, from The Monday Garden, by Sue Sweeney
  

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A Black Walnut compound leaf

The end leaflet is sometimes missing. This is a good way to ID this tree and distinguish it from Butternut (Juglans cinerea).

Here is what a grove of Black Walnut trees looks like.

Typical Black Walnut bark, on a mature tree.

And a younger tree.

Winter twigs.

A broken-off twig, showing the chambered pith.

Flowers, in June.

Black Walnut edible, although it's a lot of work to get at the meat inside, and there isn't much of it. On the left are young nuts just starting to grow in late June.

This photo shows the inside of a nut that has been gnawed by squirrels, chipmunks, or other rodents.
  

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