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ButternutButternut
Butternut (Juglans cinerea)

Family: Juglandaceae

Common names: Butternut, Nogal, Nogal blanco, Nogal silvestre, Nuez meca, Oilnut, Tocte, Tropical walnut, Walnut, White walnut

Distributed in: Canada, United States (North America)

Distribution overview: Butternut is distributed from southeastern New Brunswick throughout the New England States except for northern Maine and Cape Cod.Its range extends south to include northern New Jersey, western Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee.Small isolated pockets occur in North Carolina, northwestern South Carolina, northern Georgia, northern Alabama, northern Mississippi, and Arkansas.Westward it is found in eastern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota.Disjunct populations occur in Wisconsin, Michigan, and northeast into Ontario and Quebec.Throughout most of its range, butternut is not a common tree and its frequency is declining.The ranges of butternut and black walnut overlap, but butternut occurs farther north than and not as far south as black walnut. Butternut grows best on streambank sites and on well-drained soils; it is seldom found on dry, compact, or infertile soils. It grows better than black walnut, however, on dry, rocky soils, especially those of limestone origin. Butternut is found most frequently in coves, on stream benches and terraces, on slopes, in the talus of rock ledges, and on other sites with good drainage, primarily on soils of the orders Alfisols and Entisols. It is found up to an elevation of 1500 in (4,900 ft) in the Virginias, at much higher altitudes than black walnut.

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Boxes and crates, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Instrument cases, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Packing cases, Paneling , Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Shipbuilding, Stools, Tables , Trimming, Woodenware

Product sources: Although some material from this species is available from environmentally responsible sources, supplies of butternut are rather limited and are getting even smaller. The tree is more valuable for its nuts than for its lumber.

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 250-300 cm

Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodRed, Thin sapwood .The grain isStraight, the textureSoft texture and the lusterSatin-like luster

Natural durability: Susceptible to the furniture beetle , Very little natural resistance

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: Air-dry as thoroughly as possible before kiln drying

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Butternut has been a favorite wood for church altars, and carvers still enjoy using the wood. It is currently used mainly for furniture. The wood is weak in stiffness, and is also rated as moderately weak in bending and edge-wise compression

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Poor to very poor results

Carving: Poor to Very Poor Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Glues very well

Mortising: Poor to Very Poor

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor , Very good nailing properties

Planing: Poor to Very Poor

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Tools must be kept sharp for maximum efficiency

Routing recessing: Poor to Very Poor Results

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: No drying degrade, Suitable for peeling

Steam bending: Unsuitable

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Polishing: Very good; Staining: Stains very well ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,32 0,35
Density 416 kg/m3
Bending Strength 358 571 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 15 31 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength 60 60 cm
Shearing Strength 80 kg/cm2
Stiffness 66 81 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 689 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,56 0,56 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 5096 8134 psi
Crushing Strength 216 451 psi
Density 26 lbs/ft3
Impact Strength 24 24 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 2372 5008 psi
Shearing Strength 1147 psi
Stiffness 951 1156 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 8 8 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.32 0.35
Weight 43 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 10 %


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