Scientific Name - Juglans nigra
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Description:
| deciduous; alternate; pinnately compound; 12 to 24 inches long, with 9 to 21 leaflets, each 2.5 to 5 inches long, broadly lance-shaped with fine sawteeth; smooth above, hairy beneath, green to dark green, turning yellow in fall. |
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