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Posted: 11/17/2018 11:41:55 AM EDT
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Indeed. Some people refer to it as white walnut. Beautiful wood.
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Posted: 11/17/2018 3:00:44 PM EDT
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Historically, the bark and nut rinds were once often used to dye cloth to colors between light yellow and dark brown. This was for homespun cloth, not commercially used. It was the color worn by many Confederate soldiers.
And yes, the nuts are edible. |
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Posted: 11/17/2018 6:32:36 PM EDT
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Very rare because of a disease that prevents many trees from reaching maturity.
IMHO, in the mind of conservation, I would do everything possible to save any of the living specimens. Dead ones? By all means, mill lumber out of them, it's highly prized. |
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Posted: 11/19/2018 9:19:09 AM EDT
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You can buy a 12' butternut tree for under $10......not to take away from it's value, but like many hickory it's a mid priced domestic hardwood.....certainly no black walnut.
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Posted: 11/19/2018 8:25:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
You can buy a 12' butternut tree for under $10......not to take away from it's value, but like many hickory it's a mid priced domestic hardwood.....certainly no black walnut. 
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Posted: 11/20/2018 9:43:18 AM EDT
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Update:
Had a timber guy out to look around. We found a dozen or so Butternuts on my 6 acre parcel. He said they aren't super common, but not rare. I found that they are listed under the state's endangered species list however. It was nice getting educated on what we had for tree growth. We've got quite a variety of species. Excited to get in there and start cleaning 40+ years of unkempt forest up. Planting a food plot, etc. |
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Posted: 11/30/2018 4:36:15 PM EDT
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supposed to be favored for woodcarving. not too hard, holds nice tight details.
I have a couple trees I planted at least 30 years ago. Two are decent sized, maybe 14-16" diameter now. the other surviving one is maybe 3" diameter and 8' high. they've only produced a couple nuts over all these years. lately the catkins get knocked off with frost. but the black walnuts are abundant. |
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