Common names:

• black walnut  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• noyer noir  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• noyer noir d'Amérique  (Source: Zander ed17) - French
• schwarze Walnuß  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Schwarznuß  (Source: Mansf Ency) - German
• nogueira-preta  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• nogal americano  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• nogal negro  (Source: Pl Names) - Spanish
• svart valnöt  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Eur Gard F)
• Environmental: shade/shelter (fide AH 519)
• Human food: nut (fide T. S. Elias, Trees N. Amer. 269. 1980)
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for English walnut (for some cultivars fide Dict Gard)
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of black walnut (fide Genome Map Mol Breed 7:189-198. 2007)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of English walnut (based on natural hybrids with Juglans regia (male parent) fide Mol Breed 24:322, 333. 2009)
• Materials: abrasive (fide GenomeMap MolecBreed 7:193. 2007)
• Materials: beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_9.html,)
• Materials: wood (fide AH 519)
• Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario (s.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts (w.), Michigan (s.), New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont (w.), West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (e. & c.), Minnesota (s.), Missouri, Nebraska (e.), Oklahoma (http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/juni.htm), South Dakota (e.), Wisconsin]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (n.w.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana (n.), Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Juglandaceae&GenusID=Juglans&SpeciesID=nigra), Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Elias, T.S. The complete trees of North America: a field guide and natural history. 1980 (Trees NAmer) 269.
3. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
4. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
5. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
7. Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 (AH 519)
8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
9. Michler, C. H. et al. 2007. Chapter 6. Black Walnut (Genome Map Mol Breed) 7:189-198.
10. Pollegioni, P. et al. 2009. Retrospective identification of hybridogenic walnut plants by SSR fingerprinting and parentage anlysis Molec. Breed. 24:321-335.
11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
12. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
13. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). (Bot Beads World)
14. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- (Eur Gard F)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20762. Accessed 8 junio 2026.