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§1 Plant

Juglans cinerea L.

vernacular butternut — species · Juglandaceae


USDA
JUCI
GBIF
3054352
Rank
species
butternut (Juglans cinerea)
Platephotograph · Dan MullenCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Juglandaceae DC. ex Perleb
Genus
Juglans
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 819 counties across 29 states/territories
Legend Native · 819 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
105 min.
Precipitation
25–80 in/yr
pH range
6–7
Root depth
40 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
80 ft
Height @ 20 y
20 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Slight
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Winter
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
30
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Lumber
Yes
Fuelwood
High
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 819 counties across 29 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 9 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 13 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 11 N
Illinois view state ↗ 69 N
Indiana view state ↗ 59 N
Iowa view state ↗ 6 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 85 N
Maine view state ↗ 10 N
Maryland view state ↗ 10 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N
Michigan view state ↗ 34 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N
Missouri view state ↗ 76 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N
New York view state ↗ 49 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 N
Ohio view state ↗ 64 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 65 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 39 N
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N
Virginia view state ↗ 59 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 54 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/JUCI ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3054352 ↗

Record version

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