As such, the exact timing will vary in different regions of the US and depending on the weather conditions from year to year, leafout is typically early April in the southern part of its range and sometimes not until the end of May or beginning of June in cooler areas. Leafout in spring is initiated when daytime highs reach approximately 70 ☏ (21 ☌) and leaf drop in fall when daytime highs fall below 65 ☏ (15 ☌). Black walnut will not leaf out until temperatures have warmed sufficiently. While most trees with taproots have a reputation for slow growth, black walnut is an exception and can achieve very rapid growth in the seedling stage, typically 90 cm (35 in) their first year and even more in the second year.
For maximum seed germination, the seeds should be cold-moist stratified for 3–4 months, although the exact time depends on the seed source. However, individual trees are commonly self-compatible if they are not pollinated by neighboring trees, they may set self-fertilized seeds. As a consequence, self-pollination is unlikely. Male and female flowers are in separate spikes, and the female flowers typically appear before the male on a single tree ( dichogamy). Like other trees of the order Fagales, such as oaks, hickories, chestnuts, and birches, it is monoecious, with wind-pollinated catkins. Total lifespan of J. nigra is about 130 years. Fruiting may begin when the tree is 4–6 years old, but large crops take 20 years. The fruit production tends to occur irregularly with some years producing larger crops than others (see mast year).
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The whole fruit, including the husk falls in October the seed is relatively small and very hard.Ī young black walnut tree full of fruit in Eastern Oklahoma Fruit Ripens during the summer/autumn into a spherical fruit (nut) with a brownish-green, semifleshy husk and a brown, corrugated nut.The female ( pistillate) flowers are terminal, in clusters of two to five on the current year's growth. These are borne from axillary buds on the previous year's growth. The male ( staminate) flowers are in drooping catkins 8–10 cm ( 3 + 1⁄ 4–4 in) long. Leaf scar The leaf scar has three prominent bundle scars and has a notch on the side that points toward the tip of the branch (distal side).The leaves are overall dark green in color and are typically hairy on the underside. The leaflets have a rounded base and a long pointed ( acuminate) tip as well as having a serrated edge. The stems have 15–23 leaflets, when terminal leaf is included, with the largest leaflets located in the center, 7–10 cm ( 2 + 3⁄ 4–4 in) long and 2–3 cm ( 3⁄ 4– 1 + 1⁄ 4 in) broad. They are 30–60 cm (1–2 ft) long, typically even-pinnate but there is heavy variation among leaves. Leaves The leaves are pinnately compound and alternately arranged on the stem.The terminal buds are ovate, and 8 mm ( 5⁄ 16 in) long, and slightly longer than broad, the lateral buds are smaller and superposed. Buds The buds are pale silky and covered in downy hairs.Pith The pith of the twigs is chambered and light brown.Bark The bark is typically grey-black and deeply furrowed into thin ridges that gives the bark a diamond shaped pattern.When grown in an open area it has a short trunk and broad crown. Under forest competition, it develops a tall and straight trunk.
Odor Most parts of the tree including leaves, stems, and fruit husks have a very characteristic pungent or spicy odor.There is not, however, solid scientific consensus that allelopathic chemicals in black walnut are the primary source of its competitive growth in an area. Black walnut is susceptible to thousand cankers disease, which provoked a decline of walnut trees in some regions.īlack walnut is anecdotally known for being allelopathic, which means that it releases chemicals from its roots and other tissues that may harm other organisms and give the tree a competitive advantage. Walnut trees are grown both for lumber and food, and many cultivars have been developed for improved quality wood or nuts. Walnut seeds ( nuts) are cultivated for their distinctive and desirable taste. Wild trees in the upper Ottawa Valley may be an isolated native population or may have derived from planted trees.īlack walnut is an important tree commercially, as the wood is a deep brown color and easily worked. It grows mostly in riparian zones, from southern Ontario, west to southeast South Dakota, south to Georgia, northern Florida and southwest to central Texas. Juglans nigra, the eastern American black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to North America.
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