Juglandaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Juglans microcarpa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Juglans microcarpa is a deciduous shrub or a tree that can grow from 6 - 15 metres tall. Trees are often multi-trunked or even shrubby[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 1735 Title Notes on the Temperate Species of Juglans Publication Int. Dendrol. Soc. Year Book 107-130 2003 Author Grimshaw J.M. Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. Its wood is of good quality but the plant is not common enough to be commercially exploited[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ] Juglans microcarpa has a wide native range, far exceeding the boundaries for a threatened category. In this range, the species occurs in narrow habitats where it is common. No major threats to the species are reported and it is rarely used for timber. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-western N. America - Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas to northeast Mexico.

HabitatMoister areas in sub-arid climates, growing in riparian woodland communities in stream bottoms, canyons, river beds and the edges and arroyos of the Chihuahuan desert[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Limestone banks of streams[ 82 Title Manual of the Trees of N. America. Publication Author Sargent. C. S. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Dover Publications Inc. New York. Year 1965 ISBN 0-486-20278-X Description Two volumes, a comprehensive listing of N. American trees though a bit out of date now. Good details on habitats, some details on plant uses. Not really for the casual reader. It can be downloaded from the internet. , 229 Title The Complete Trees of N. America. Field Guide and Natural History. Publication Author Elias. T. Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Year 1980 ISBN 0442238622 Description A very good concise guide. Gives habitats, good descriptions, maps showing distribution and a few of the uses. It also includes the many shrubs that occasionally reach tree proportions. ].