• Found throughout eastern half of the US in fertile soils

• Tall tree, approximately 20-30 meters or 70-100 feet when mature
  
• Bark is dark with deep grooves
  

• Alternating compound leaves, each 30-60 cm or 1-2 feet long
• 15-23 narrow, toothed leaflets per leaf
  
• Leaves have slightly hairy undersides
  
• Smell spicy when crushed
  
• Whitish, fuzzy buds
  

• Flowers: catkins, April-June
  
• Fruits: large round nuts encased in a one-piece husk, October-November
  

Use boiled walnut hulls to produce a yellow-brownish dye. Hulls can also be used to make fish poison.