Juglans nigra L., 1753

🇬🇧 Black Walnut

🇫🇷 Noyer d'Amérique, Noyer noir, Noyer noir d'Amérique

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Fagales
Family: Juglandaceae
Genus: Juglans
Species: Juglans nigra

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with J. regia L., 1753, whose leaves are made of 5-9 leaflets, while those of J. nigra are made of 11-25 leaflets.

Photographs

img/juglans-nigra.webp — Juglans nigra

img/juglans-nigra-2.webp — Juglans nigra

img/juglans-nigra-3.webp — Juglans nigra

img/juglans-nigra-4.webp — Juglans nigra - Immature nut

img/juglans-nigra-5.webp — Juglans nigra - Bark

Sources

Stritch, L. (2018). Juglans nigra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2018. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62019712A62019714.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 790). Biotope.