Large, deciduous North American treeForms an open, spreading crown with large horizontal branches; oval, sweet and buttery edible nuts form in late summer to fallOrigin: Eastern North AmericaLike other walnuts and hickories, this is an important timber tree found in North America's deciduous forests from New Brunswick to Georgia, west to the Dakotas and Arkansas. The inner bark of the Butternut is a mild cathartic and was used as an orange or yellow dye during the Colonial Period. In 1786, while serving as Minister to France, Thomas Jefferson requested seeds of this and other native trees from Philadelphia nurseryman and naturalist John Bartram and from Richard Cary. Butternuts have been cultivated since 1633 and are currently endangered in the wild due to a fungal disease called butternut canker. Like its close relative the Black Walnut (Juglans nigra), the Butternut produces juglone which is toxic to some other plant species unless they are planted outside the tree's drip line. This plant will ship bare root. Approximately 3' tall.
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