Black Walnut Juglans nigra

Leaf: The leaves are yellow-green and are three to four inches long. They are toothed and grow pinnately compund alternate on the twigs. They sometimes give off a pungent odor.

Flower: Staminate has thick, yellow-green, hairy catkins; pistillate small spikes; no petals; appear when leaves are partly grown

Fruit: The fruit is a small, round, light green walnut.

Twig: The twigs are thin and long and are connected directly to the leaves.

Bark: The bark is dark brown and rough.

Form: A tree.

Habitat: Rich woodlands.

Range: Massachusetts across to Minnesota, south to Texas, east to Florida.

Black Walnut tree - BHHS Black Walnut branches Black Walnut fruit Black Walnut bark Black Walnut leaf

The Black Walnut's fruits are used in candy, baking, and oil flavoring and the husks furnish a brown dye. The wood is used in fine furnishings. The tree grows mostly in the eastern United States, but is becoming scarce because of its many uses to people.

Location: There are two trees next to the gym entrance of Meissner School and several at the south entrance next to the bus road.

References:
Mohlenbrock, Robert H. Forest Trees of Illinois. Springfield, IL, 1992.

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