Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Juglans cinerea L.

Family: Juglandaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Juglans cathartica Michx., Juglans oblonga Miller, Wallia cinerea (L.) Alef.

Common names:

Butternut [Butter nut] (1828-Present) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 19, 20, 40, 46, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 61, 72, 82, 85, 92, 93, 95, 105, 107, 109, 113, 138, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Butternutsträ (1770, Swedish) (41)

Daheya (1879) (46)

Hiccory pignut (1796) (17)

Lemon walnut (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Noix (1879) (46)

Noyer Gris (1892, French) (6)

Noyers (1879) (46)

Oilnut [Oil nut, Oil-nut] (1892-1929) (5, 6, 49, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Oilnut tree [Oil nut tree, Oil-nut tree] (1898, Western US) (78)

Pkanak (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Quaheya (1879) (46)

Small oilnut [Small oil nut] (1649) (46)

Wallnuss (1892, German) (6)

White walnut (1806-1949, Ordway, Gass) (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 35, 49, 53, 78, 82, 85, 92, 104, 109, 156, 158)

Wussoquat (1879, Narragansett) (46, 107)

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