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;