Little Walnut
Juglans microcarpa
Little walnut is a small, often shrubby walnut of Texas and Southwestern streambeds and limestone draws, with tiny thick-shelled nuts. Heat- and drought-tough for arid riparian plantings.
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–30 ft
- Spacing
- 15–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~129 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, KS, NM, OK, TX