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Butternut

Juglans cinerea

Found in moist, nutrient-rich forests. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
40–60 feet
Spread
40–60 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Usually moist

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Butternut canker. Butternut canker disease now threatens this tree's continued existence. Plant caution source

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle
Woody perennial
Leaves
Deciduous
Bloom
April to May
Fruiting season
October

Recorded in 4 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food. 81 animals.

All wildlife of Mississippi

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

117CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Juglans

  • Actias lunaLuna Moth
  • Citheronia regalisRegal Moth
  • Satyrium calanusBanded Hairstreak
  • Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
  • Acrobasis caryivorellaPecan Nursery Casemaker, Hickory Shoot Moth
  • Acrobasis demotellaWalnut Shoot Moth
  • Acrobasis juglandisPecan Leaf Casebearer
  • Acrobasis stigmellaHickory Bud-and-Shoot Borer
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  • Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
  • Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
  • Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
  • Allotria elonymphaFalse Underwing
  • Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
  • Amorpha juglandisWalnut Sphinx
  • Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
  • Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
  • Anatrachyntis rileyiPink Scavanger Caterpillar
  • Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
  • Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
  • Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
  • Archips infumatanaSmoked Leafroller Moth
  • Archips rileyanaSouthern Ugly-Nest Caterpillar Moth
  • Argyrotaenia juglandanaHickory Leafroller
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Baileya australisSmall Baileya
  • Baileya dormitansSleeping Baileya
  • Baileya levitansPale Baileya
  • Baileya ophthalmicaEyed Baileya
  • Caloptilia blandellaWalnut Caloptilia
  • Catastega timidellaOak Trumpet Skeletonizer Moth
  • Catocala flebilisMourning Underwing
  • Catocala innubensThe Betrothed
  • Catocala judithJudith's Underwing
  • Catocala lacrymosaTearful Underwing
  • Catocala maestosaSad Underwing
  • Catocala nebulosaClouded Underwing
  • Catocala neogamaThe Bride
  • Catocala piatrixThe Penitent, Penitent Underwing
  • Catocala robinsoniiRobinson's Underwing
  • Catocala serenaSerene Underwing
  • Catocala viduaWidow Underwing
  • Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
  • Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
  • Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
  • Chaetaglaea sericeaSilky Sallow
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Coleophora laticornellaPecan Cigar Casebearer
  • Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
  • Cydia caryanaHickory Shuckworm, Pecan Shuckworm
  • Cydia latiferreanaFilbertworm
  • Datana drexeliiDrexel's Datana
  • Datana integerrimaWalnut Caterpillar Moth
  • Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
  • Derrima stellataPink Star
  • Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
  • Dryocampa rubicundaRosy Maple Moth, Green-Striped Mapleworm, Rosy Dryocampa
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
  • Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
  • Egira alternansAlternate Woodling
  • Elaphria versicolorVariegated Midget
  • Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
  • Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
  • Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
  • Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
  • Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
  • Eupsilia cirripaleaFranclemont's Sallow
  • Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
  • Euzophera semifuneralisAmerican Plum Borer
  • Gretchena amatanaLikeable Gretchena
  • Gretchena bollianaPecan Bud Moth
  • Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
  • Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
  • Haploa reversaReversed Haploa
  • Heterocampa pulvereaWhite-Blotched Heterocampa
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
  • Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
  • Isa textulaCrowned Slug
  • Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
  • Lochmaeus bilineataDouble-Lined Prominent
  • Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
  • Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
  • Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
  • Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
  • Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Nemoria bistriariaTwo-Striped Emerald, Red-Fringed Emerald
  • Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
  • Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
  • Olethreutes inornatanaInornate Olethreutes
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
  • Panopoda rufimargoRed-Lined Panopoda
  • Parallelia bistriarisMaple Looper Moth
  • Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
  • Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
  • Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
  • Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
  • Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
  • Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
  • Psaphida electilisChosen Sallow
  • Pyrrhia ciliscaAmerican Bordered Sallow, Noble Sun Moth
  • Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
  • Selenia kentariaKent's Geometer
  • Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Stigmella juglandifoliellaPecan Serpentine Leafminer
  • Sympistis infixaBroad-Lined Sallow
  • Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
  • Dichomeris ventrellus
  • Ectoedemia trinotata
  • Gretchena concitatricana
  • Gretchena concubitana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Juglandaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–7b
Soil pH
Acidic to neutral
Flower color
Yellow or green
Growth rate
Rapid
Growth habit
Single stem
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
October
Fruit ends
October
Growing sources and scope
Also known as

White Walnut

Conservation status

Mississippi rankS2
Global rankG3
MS statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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