Juglans cinerea L.
Detail
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Botanical Name
- Juglans cinerea L.
- Common Name
- Butternut, White Walnut
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Juglans cinerea L.
- Comments
- Formerly frequent in the western half of Virginia, this species has been devastated over the past several decades by the butternut canker, a suspected exotic fungal pathogen. Large healthy trees are now rare, and the species has disappeared from many of its former habitats.
- Habitat
- Mesic to fairly dry, often rocky upland forests, boulder fields, and stream banks; often, but not exclusively, on base-rich substrates. Infrequent to rare throughout.
- Native Status
- Native
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