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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11penx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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IH PLATE XXXVII. BLACK WALNUT. 1. nr.'incli with d«'V;iin;r Iciivcs and (s) tlin-c s.litiuy catkins ..C staniinate flowers and (p) a spike with three jiistillate flowers, x i. 2. A staniinal" flow<-r, slisiitly enlarged. 3. A pistillate flower, slightly enlarged. 4. A brancii with, a mature leaf and fruit, x 1. 5. \ wintei' twig, x J. 6. Longitudinal section of twig showing clianiUen d pith, enlarged. , 7. Section of twig showing sujierposed and gaping Inids, and leaf-scars witli 3 clusters <»t bunuie- scars and not<hed upper surface, slightly enlarged. 8. A nut with husk removed, x i. . , ^ , i- ⢠fiâ 9. Terminal secli< ii (if winter twig showing leaf-scar and tennin;il Imd with bua-scales, sligntiy enlarged. BLACK WALNUT. Juglans nigra, Linnaeus. slightly tapering, bearing a round-topped crown. inch long, obtuse at apex, often superposed. ^ â¢5th i--^-.rtu.r^o°::rt.ocr stmCtt oily kernel. i », ^ v WOOD-Dmase-porou. w>.. a r,n,.porou» ""^-'^ ⢠-/"gla? -"â ' wS's" a^ll.ta/".r ?r â¢.oX^ CaTn rnirrn^o.r'l.:rjs, 'rcaf >aa..â.en.., .u.o,.o.naa. aawlog machines, fire-arms. BISTINGUISHIKG CHAHACTEEI8TICS-The ^^^^^^^ rrr^ltrresemUan:: ^ottr uZ: what resembles the Butternut or White Walnut J"* ^«^/« /j;^ chambered pith, shorter and It may bo distinguished from the butternut by ts "«J /^^^ J ^^^ â,tehed upper margins less flattened termin.-l buds, darker bark, larger size, more giowse uu Tleaf scars' Ind the absence of a hairy fringe above the leaf-scar. EANGE-New England and New York to Minnesota, and south to Florida. , xw âK««t th<» State in rich bottomlands and DISTRIBUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA-Ix,cal throughout the State on fertile hi'leides. Requires plenty of light and deep soil since it Is HABITATâPrefers rich moist soil evidently tap-rooted. IMPOHTANCE OE THE SPECIES-The Black Walnut J^^^- oi^^^^^^^^^^ t^^ native to this State. It reaches a large «*;^7. ^^^^.^h"' ^'akes. The nuts are highly prized valuable for its color, flgure. and the fine po sh which it take ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ Forest grown trees rarely produce much fruit. Open gro and often highly figured wood.

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