Tree keying

I Was in Redding, Ca this past week visiting my brother and he had a couple really big trees in his yard so I decided to identify them. From the Key to groups I determined that the tree was not a palm or conifer and had pinnately compound leaves attached alternately. This led me to group 6. The leaves had more than 5 leaflets and were only once divided(pinnately compound)(1',3'). The leaflets were arranged with an odd pinnate, were subtly toothed, and wider than 3/4"(11', 18.,19', 20', 22'). After finding some fruits they matched the description for Juglans spp. with round fruits that don't split open. Walnuts are not described in detail in the book so I used iNat to figure out that the tree was a Norther California Black Walnut. Super cool tree! I tried to find some walnuts inside the shells but they were all rotten. Also Black walnut is a really nice and expensive hardwood for furniture that has dark and bold wood grains.

Posted on May 26, 2020 04:58 PM by chadschuler23