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Juglans nigra L. 1753
Juglandaceae
(APG III)Black walnut, American walnut
Akzessionnummer: EG-D-053-16930
Pflanzjahr: 1954
Patenschaftstext: Zum 60. Geburtstag für Andreas Purucker von seinen Kollegen
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Canada: Ontario; USA: northeastern, northern and southern States of the Great Plains, southeastern, Florida
Flowering period: IV - VI
Juglans nigra L. - Accepted: Juglans nigra L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Juglandaceae (Zander 2008)Juglans nigra L. - Accepted: Juglans nigra L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Juglandaceae (APG IV)
- Flowers
- monoecious, dichogamous
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- tree
- Leaves
- pinnately compound
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- nuts with hard, black shells
- Fruit ecology
- gravity-dispersed (barochorous) and animal-dispersed (zoochorous)
- Soil conditions
- preferentially on deep, well-drained, nearly neutral, fertile loam, loess, and alluvial soils
- Root type
- deep-rooted (large taproot)
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- along streams, north- or east-facing lower slopes, floodplains, occasionally in oak forests
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- temperate mixed mesophytic deciduous forests; associated with e.g. yellow-poplar, white ash or Kentucky coffeetree
- Usage
- wood is used for diverse fine furniture, interior paneling, and gunstocks; nuts are edible and used for candies, baked goods and ice cream
- Phytopathogenic organisms
- foliage is affected by different leaf spot diseases caused by the fungi Cristulariella pyramidalis and Mycosphaerella juglandis
Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.; Plants for a Future (1996-2012): PFAF. See: https://pfaf.org/; The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;
