Juglandaceae - Walnut Family
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 55
Butternut
Juglans cinerea
Spring
Summer
The leaves are starting to become quite "fall-like". Today, there was a crispness to the air and the sky was so beautiful and blue; I felt the nearness of the fall season all around me. As I type this evening, I can hear the sounds of insects singing loudly. This is the sound of late summer turning into fall.
Becky - August 2010
Fall
All the leaves have fallen from the tree and all the nuts as well. The tree is beautiful in fall's light.
Becky - November 30, 2010
Winter
I will be out photographing and drawing this tree next winter. Check back soon and get outside and find this tree yourself. My favorite Butternut lives at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville.
For the love of the trees,
Becky
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 55
Butternut
Juglans cinerea
Spring
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| The Butternut Tree. Photo by Dean Gulstad. www.flickr.com |
The Butternut tree is in the same family as the Walnut tree, the Juglan family. The Butternut tree has compound, alternate leaves, that have 11 - 17 or so leaflets. There is an end leaflet on each leaf and the underside of these leaflets are fuzzy. The oily, delicious nuts are an important food source for many small mammals.
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| Noyer cendré 03-B, a photo by Paupaulo on Flickr. |
Summer
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| This Butternut tree is located at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville. http://ashevillebotanicalgardens.org |
Becky - August 2010
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| The Butternut Tree This tree lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens by the creek at the end of Sycamore meadow. www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org |
Becky - November 30, 2010
Winter
I will be out photographing and drawing this tree next winter. Check back soon and get outside and find this tree yourself. My favorite Butternut lives at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville.
For the love of the trees,
Becky
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