Flower ID: IMG_7549.JPG-07-11-2021 Flower name (scientific): Juglans nigra Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) JOO-glanz NY-gruh Flower name (common): Black Walnut Family name (common): Walnut Family name (scientific): Juglandaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: The Latin name for walnut. From jovis for Jupiter and glans for acorn, hence Jupiter's nut, implying walnut, and meaning nut of the supreme ancient Roman deity. Specific epithet: From the Latin niger meaning black, describing the color of the cracked fruit. Common name origin: From the black color of the cracked husk and the stains often produced. Walnut is from Old English with multiple spellings, referring to the nut of the Roman lands. Flower description: Size: 0.1 to 0.2 inches (3 to 5 mm) Petal count: 0 Color: green Other: flower arrangement, Spike Plant description: Size: At maturity, about 80 to 120 feet (24 to 36 m) and can be somewhat higher. Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is compound Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, odd-pinnate (IL), typically 15 to 19 leaflets, leaflets lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woods, forests, sun or semi-shade, moist. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Juglans cinerea (Butternut) has a resemblance and can be distinguished by its nut husks being more smooth and pubescent than the nut husks of Juglans nigra. The terminal leaflet of Juglans nigra is small or missing, whereas the terminal leaflet for Juglans cinerea is present and large. Ethnobotany: The Meskwaki used the inner bark as a strong medicine possibly as a cathartic or a purgative. The nuts were used as a food source and three is used to produce a black dye (Smith, pp. 224-225, 259, 271, 1928). The Chippewa also used this species to produce a brown to black dye (Gilmore, p. 127, 1933). Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Pepin, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (MB, ON, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Wallia nigra (Linnaeus) Alefeld Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU