Black walnut and butternut tree leaves will have an alternate leaf arrangement. These trees will have a terminal leaflet with nine to 21 broadly lance-shaped leaflets.

Black walnut and butternut trees are widespread and abundant throughout eastern North America, ... The leaf scars on butternut have a hairy top fringe, while walnuts do not.

Butternuts produce both male and female flowers on the same tree and have bright green compound pinnate leaves (alternate) that extend to between 15 and 25 inches. Young butternut tree with nuts.

In this edition of ID That Tree, meet a rarely found native tree that is closely related to the black walnut, the butternut. The butternut has been plagued by fungal disease, but can be identified by ...

The butternut hickory tree, often mistaken for a walnut, produces oblong nuts and features hickory-like leaves. It is found ...

Butternut trees are native to Canada and can be found in Ontario, ... he pointed out different insects that feed on the tree's leaves — but said they don’t do too much damage.