Nonprofit plants butternut trees in western NC to restore the native landscape

Conserving Carolina is working to transform an abandoned golf course in Etowah back to its original state by reintroducing ...
Rutland Herald

Their goal: saving the butternut tree

Butternut country is so distinctive that Parker Nichols knows he has arrived even before he sees the first butternut tree. As the proprietor of Vermont WildWoods, a flooring and millwork company in ...
Mankato Free Press

Coming to terms with trees: Butternut scarcity and chainsaw remedies

Q: What happened to all the butternuts? I remember as a child that these trees were very common and my parents always harvested the nuts. Now, they are so scarce, and without the nuts, I am not sure ...
AOL

These 7 Nut Trees Can Survive Freezing Winters, According to Expert Growers

If you've dreamed of having your own nut trees but thought it was impossible due to your colder climate, there's good news. While many commercially grown nuts, such as almonds, macadamia nuts, ...
Purdue University

ID That Tree: Butternut

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 Olympian

Historic Tumwater tree to live on through offspring designated ‘heritage’ tree

A butternut tree that is the offspring of a 170-year-old tree planted by Tumwater pioneer George Washington Bush was planted last February in Tumwater’s Isabella Bush Park. The city’s tree board is ...
Southeast Missourian

Lamenting the loss of the butternut tree

Do you hate to lose stuff? Most of us do. It stinks when we lose something that was really valuable, right? If that uncomfortable feeling of loss is something you care to fight, then consider the ...