Juglans microcarpa

Juglans microcarpa
File:Juglans microcarpa.jpg
Buds
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Juglandaceae
Subfamily:	Juglandoideae
Tribe:	Juglandeae
Subtribe:	Juglandinae
Genus:	Juglans
Section:	Rhysocaryon
Species:	J. microcarpa
Binomial name
Juglans microcarpa Berlandier
File:Juglans microcarpa range map 1.png
Natural range of Juglans microcarpa

Juglans microcarpa, known also as the Texas walnut, Texas black walnut or little black walnut (as it belongs to the "black walnuts" section Juglans sect. Rhysocaryon), is a large shrub or small tree (10–30 ft tall) which grows wild along streams and ravines in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas. It produces nuts with a width of 1/2—3/4 in. The pinnately compound leaves bear 7—25 untoothed to finely-toothed leaflets, each 1/4—1/2 in wide. It is found at elevations ranging from 700 ft to 6700 ft.

Two varieties are recognized: J. microcarpa var. microcarpa and J. microcarpa var. stewartii.

Where the range of J. microcarpa overlaps with J. major, the two species interbreed, producing populations with intermediate characteristics. This phenomenon has also been found where J. microcarpa trees grows near J. nigra trees.

Juglans (literally "Jupiter's acorn") is the Latin name of the walnut. Microcarpa means "having small fruit".

References and external links

External identifiers for Juglans microcarpa
Encyclopedia of Life	594963
ITIS	19253
NCBI	91219
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