Pterocarya fraxinifolia — Caucasian Wingnut

An increasingly frequent and very vigorous late-18th century introduction.

The alternate large pinnate leaves have large, soft leaflets. The buds are naked. Long catkins give rise to strings of nuts with rounded ‘wings’.

For similar trees see: Alternate pinnate leaves

 
 

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