Plate XXII.—Juglans cinerea.
| 1. Winter buds. |
| 2. Flowering branch. |
| 3. Sterile flower, side view. |
| 4. Fertile flower. |
| 5. Fruit. |
| 6. Leaf. |
Juglans nigra, L.
Black Walnut.
Habitat and Range.—Rich woods.
Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont,—not reported native; Massachusetts,—rare east of the Connecticut river, occasional along the western part of the Connecticut valley to the New York line; Rhode Island,—doubtfully native, Apponaug (Kent county) and elsewhere; Connecticut,—frequent westward, Darien (Fairfield county); Plainville (Hartford county, J. N. Bishop in lit., 1896); in the central and eastern sections probably introduced.
South to Florida; west to Minnesota, Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas.
Habit.—A large tree, 50-75 feet high, with a diameter above the swell of the roots of 2-5 feet; attaining in the Ohio valley a height of 150 feet and a diameter of 6-8 feet; trunk straight, slowly tapering, throwing out its lower branches nearly horizontally, the upper at a broad angle, forming an open, spacious, noble head.