Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-08, страница 70

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The photos above show the close similarity between walnut leaves (on the right in each photo) and butternut leaves (on the left in each photo).

The other point of confusion lies with the close similarity of the leaves with those of Butternut, as pointed out. in the Butternut profile (Issue 97, January '04) and shown again here. Walnut leaves are classified as alternate feather compounds and often lack a terminal leaf (which is the leaf at the very end of the stem). The leafstalks are 12^,r to 24" long and hold approximately 7 to 17 leaflets. Walnut leaves are also slightly hairy underneath, whereas those of Butternut are not, and