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Traditionally this hardwood is used for gun stocks, furniture, and flooring, and its nuts are also edible. Walnut hulls have been used to create writing ink and dyes. Growing from the east coast through Midwestern sections of the United States, it was introduced to Europe as a cultivated species in 1629. It is a pioneer species, along with black cherry and silver maple, populating open fields and wetlands in advance of larger forest growth.

Often called weed trees, black walnuts grow quickly. A two-year-old seedling can stand 6 feet (1.8m) to 8 feet (2.4m) tall and have a base diameter of 1 ½" (3.8cm), the perfect size for a cane stick. The sample shown here is an eastern black walnut, whose highly textured back has a reddish-brown coloration.