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Walnut (Juglans)

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Walnut Genus Details

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Six species of native walnut and butternut trees are in this genus. Trees grow to over 75 feet tall. The fruit is a nut that is enclosed in a thick leathery casing and is used frequently in baked goods, or eaten plain. Wood from the tree is used in fine furniture. The flowers are catkins with pendulous staminate and single or clustered pistillate flowers at different locations on the same tree. Flowering occurs in late spring after the leaves appear. Walnut pollen is shed in large quantities in the northeastern US during late May and early June. In California, the walnut trees shed abundant pollen from April to early June. Flowering occurs as early as January in mid-Atlantic states and Florida.
White Walnut (Juglans cinerea).
White Walnut (Juglans cinerea).
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra).
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra).

Walnut Allergy Info

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Native and English walnut species are reported to be moderately allergenic. In California and Oregon, walnut pollen was reported to be serious cause of pollinosis, especially where nut orchards are common.

Walnut Pollen Description

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Grains are isopolar, heteropolar (pores on equator and one hemisphere), or paraisopolar; the amb triangular, rounded-triangular or circular and polyporate. The pores are circular, aspidate or flattened-conical, located on the equator and distal face. The sexine is tectate and spinulose and the intine is thickened beneath the apertures.
The grains areusually between 30-40 micrometers.
Juglans nigra, single grain. Herb. MIN
Juglans nigra, single grain. Herb. MIN
Juglans nigra, multiple grains. Herb. MIN
Juglans nigra, multiple grains. Herb. MIN

Species in This Genus

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Allergenicity Legend:
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Walnut (Juglans) is a genus of the JUGLANDACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:

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Walnut Genus Location

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The shaded areas on the map indicates where the genus has been observed in the United States. Click the map to see a full scale version of these allergy areas.
  - Native, observed in a county
  - Introduced, observed in a county
  - Rarely observed

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