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Texas
walnut, Texas black walnut, dwarf walnut. Juglans microcarpa is a small to medium
tree that reaches a height of only 20 - 30 feet. Little walnut grows
as a native tree from southwestern Kansas through Oklahoma and Texas, south into northeastern
Mexico.
The
leaves of the Texas walnut are alternate, odd-pinnately compound and 9 to 12 inches
long. There are 11 to 25 narrow serrate leaflets with small teeth. leaves The upper
portion of the leaflets are dark yellow to green. The lower
surface of the leaflets are paler. The smaller size narrower leaves of the Juglans microcarpa
make it seem lighter and more open than other members of the Juglans family.
Pictures
of fruit of Texas walnut. The trees will first bear seed at approximately 15 years of
age and may have some years when the crop is really abundant. Photos taken July 1, 2008.Karren Wcisel © copyright 2004 - 2009
Please ask for permission before using my photographs. Larger sizes and additional photographs of the tree are usually available.