Butternut

Also known as White Walnut, Oilnut

Butternut trees thrive in rich, moist soils along streams and sunny forest edges throughout eastern North America. Recognized by their broad canopy, sticky yellow-green nut husks, and deeply ridged grey bark, these hardwoods provide vital food and shelter for woodland wildlife. Decades of impact from an introduced fungal pathogen have drastically reduced mature trees, making surviving healthy specimens ecologically critical.