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PLANTS

Butternut

Juglans cinerea

Plants
NativeTreePerennialGreen flowers
Butternut, photo 1 of 5
Butternut, In flower
Butternut, In fruit
24.4 mHeight

Imperiled in Québec. Perennial tree reaching 24.4 m. Grows in forests.

There are 1,589 observations of Butternut in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montérégie and Montréal, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August and become rare from November to February.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais346
  2. Montérégie317
  3. Montréal253
  4. Estrie250
  5. Laurentides127
  6. Capitale-Nationale103
  7. Mauricie44
  8. Lanaudière37
  9. Centre-du-Québec37
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches35
  11. Laval31
  12. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean6
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  14. Côte-Nord1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains

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