The Black Walnut Tree Bark: It has deep ridges that run vertically up and down the trunk. The Black Walnut Tree Twigs: The twigs are light brown and stout, with leaf scars forming 3 lobes of a shield shape.
The Black Walnut Tree Leaves: The leaves are pinnate with pair of leaflets. The Black Walnut Tree Flowers: The black walnut tree is monoecious – this means the male and female flowers are separate.
The Black Walnut Tree Fruits: These flowers mature into hard but enclosed nuts. They are enclosed in a furrowed hard husk that is contained in a round husk. The husk is 2 to 2-1/2 inches in diameter.
Black walnut has furrowed and dark-colored bark. The leaf scars along the twigs look like an upside-down shamrock with 5 to 7 bundle scars. You will find lots of walnuts or their husks under the tree. Their nuts are roughly globular or round.
- Walnut has 21 species in the walnut family (Juglandaceae).- Black walnut and English walnut trees are the most common walnut tree varieties.- Other walnut varieties include butternut, Andean Walnut, California- All these walnut varieties are native to Asia, Europe, North America, and China. etc