Butternut, the Other Walnut
Submitted by Steve Roark on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 14:23By: Steve Roark
Volunteer Interpreter, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Black walnut is well known to most folks, but there is another walnut native to our area. Butternut (Juglans cinerea), also called White walnut, likes to grow in the same deep, moist soils like its black cousin, but is becoming rare to find.