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Little walnut (Juglans microcarpa)

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential Yes Fall Conspicuous Yes Fire Resistant No Flower Color Green Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Dense Foliage Porosity Winter Moderate Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Black Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Single Stem Growth Rate Slow Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 20 Height, Mature (feet) 20.0 Known Allelopath Yes Leaf Retention No Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity Slight Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance Low Cold Stratification Required Yes Drought Tolerance Medium Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance None Frost Free Days, Minimum 180 Hedge Tolerance Medium Moisture Use Medium pH, Minimum 5.5 pH, Maximum 6.9 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 100 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 800 Precipitation, Minimum 17 Precipitation, Maximum 32 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 24 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (°F) -3 Reproduction Bloom Period Mid Spring Commercial Availability Routinely Available Fruit/Seed Abundance Medium Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Summer Fruit/Seed Persistence Yes Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 92 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Medium Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate None Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product Yes Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product High Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product Yes Palatable Browse Animal Palatable Graze Animal Palatable Human Yes Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Fagales

            • Family: Juglandaceae

              • Genus: Juglans