common walnut

common walnut

Juglans regia

Juglandaceae

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Classification

common walnut

Height:

10 - 20 m

Leaf:

alternate, pinnate

Bloom:

May, inconspicuous

Fruit:

stone-fruit (nut), green fruit shell

Branches:

olive, thick

Bark:

gray, smooth, later covered in bark and black

Root:

deep roots

Location:

sun to half-shade

Soil:

sandy-loamy to clayey

ph-value:

slightly acidic to basic

Diseases:

common walnut

Leaf spot illness (Marssonina juglandis)

first small brown spots in the middle, light then more extensive. Black discoloration on the green nuts. Action: Leaf disposal in the fall.

Gallmite (Aceria erinea)

Changes in the leaf are caused by mites. This is not dangerous for the tree.

Gallmite (Aceria tristriata)

Changes in the leaf are caused by mites. This is not dangerous for the tree.

Fungi


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