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Texas Black Walnut

Juglans microcarpa

UncommonPlant
Illustration of Texas Black Walnut (Juglans microcarpa)

Texas Black Walnut is a small to medium-sized native walnut of the Edwards Plateau and south Texas, adapted to dry, rocky limestone soils. Its nuts are smaller than common black walnut but equally nutritious. Squirrels, deer, and wild turkeys depend on the nuts as fall and winter food in this arid region.

Habitat
Rocky limestone hillsides and canyon slopes of Texas and Oklahoma
Diet
Nuts eaten by squirrels, deer, and wild turkey
How common
Uncommon

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