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lenticels[?]=round;    ⊚ pith[?]=​thin horizontal layers;  nuts under tree stain hands brown;  buds=​pale downy;  bundle scars[?] =🌙︎ 3 crescents  or
lenticels[?]=elongated;  ⊚ pith[?]=not layered, somewhat-⬠-5-sided :

Lenticels=round;  ⊚ pith=​thin horizontal layers;  nuts under tree stain hands brown;  buds=​pale downy;  bundle scars =🌙︎ 3 crescents

bark=light ridges over dark;  end bud=cream-colored, longer than wide
butternut  Juglans cinerea
bark=dark furrowed;            end bud=gray, not longer than wide
◼︎ eastern black walnut  Juglans nigra

Lenticels=elongated;  ⊚ pith=not layered, somewhat-⬠-5-sided

terminal bud[?]=mustard-yellow, flat;  in bottomland
bitternut hickory  Carya cordiformis
terminal bud=large (>13 mm) (>½ in);  mature bark=​shaggy dark gray
shagbark hickory  Carya ovata
twigs and buds=smooth
pignut hickory  Carya glabra
terminal bud=almost globular (spherical);  in upland
mockernut hickory  Carya tomentosa
terminal bud=∧ pointed;  in bottomland
pecan  Carya illinoinensis

Learn more about butternut/​hickory/​pecan/​walnut family Juglandaceae

Part of bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut  order Fagales.

This family comprises about 50 species, variously native to some tropic and temperate areas in 🌎︎🌍︎🌏︎ the Americas, Eurasia and Southeast Asia.  🗺 Map (🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 USA) (color key).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

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