Juglans cinerea

Butternut Lament boggs.47@osu.edu Mon, 07/20/2026 - 14:23
I’ve long admired Butternut (a.k.a. White Walnut). Its larger and longer-lived cousin, black walnut, was relatively common in my native West Virginia. Our farm had a “walnut hollow” named for the number of large walnut trees. Butternut trees were rare and their nuts (drupes) highly prized.
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Joe Boggs