English Walnut (Juglans regia)


Tree


14/10/14 Kirk lane park 

Food of the gods, medicine for the people. Walnut was first introduced by the Romans who, like much of our native wildlife, valued its nuts.

Walnut is a deciduous broadleaf tree which can grow to 35m. They typically have a short trunk and broad crown, though can be narrower if grown in a woodland situation. The bark is smooth and olive-brown when young, developing fissures and fading to silver-grey with age. Twigs are stout, green and curving.

Look out for: crushed leaves that smell like polish.

Identified in winter by: the unsegmented inside pith, or spongy centre, of the twig. At their base, buds have horseshoe-shaped leaf scars, or marks, left by fallen leaves.

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