NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Juglans nigra

Black Walnut

Scientific Name:	Juglans nigra
Genus:	Juglans
Species Epithet:	nigra
Common Name:	Black Walnut
Plant Type	Tree
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Juglandaceae (Walnut Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	72-100 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	Yellow, Green
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Moist
Bloom Time:	April
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	Moist, nutrient-rich forests of floodplains and slopes, calcareous hammocks. Generally common in the NC mountains, fairly common to frequent in the Piedmont (though seldom in large numbers), and fairly common in much of the Coastal Plain, but more so in brownwater floodplains. Not numerous in the Sandhills or in eastern counties where brownwater rivers are scarce or absent.
Leaf Arrangement:	Alternate
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Compound
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Important for Wildlife
Landscape Value:	Suitable for home landscapes
State Rank:	S4: Apparently secure, S5: Secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
Nut enclosed in large round husk (up to 2.5" diameter), which turns dark brown to black. Forsyth County, NC Lisa Lofland Gould
Large tree with stout trunk and branches; forms a broad crown Forsyth County, NC Lisa Lofland Gould
Large, compound, alternate, pinnate leaves with 9-21 leaflets; often lacking a terminal leaflet. Leaf margins are finely toothed. Forsyth County, NC Lisa Lofland Gould
Georgetown County, SC. Larry Mellichamp
Stems have brown colored chambered pith Georgetown County, SC Larry Mellichamp
Male (catkins) and female flowers (towards branch tips) Mecklenburg Co., NC Larry Mellichamp
Branch with fruit Orange County, NC Bettina Darveaux
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record