The Butternut Tree - Kinnelon, NJ - Exceptional Trees on Waymarking.com

This tree is estimated to be 200 years old.

The Butternut was used for food and medicinal purposes by area Indians. The oils were made into a butter-like substance used in cooking. The meat of the nut was used in a mixture similar to cornmeal mush. The sap of the butternut was also used as sugar and is said to taste similar to maple sugar.

During the civil war Confederates soldiers dyed their uniforms with butternut hulls.

The wood of the tree is related to the walnut family and was used by Shakers in furniture making. The bark of the tree was used as a medicine for the treatment of dysentery and the hull of the nut was used as a fungicide during Colonial times.

Genus/Species: Juglans cinerea Height: 71 Girth: 13 Method of obtaining height: Reliable source Method of obtaining girth: Tape Location type: Private property Age: 200 Historical significance: This area was the Mead farm before it was turned into a shopping center. The tree predates the formation of the town of Kinnelon and it appears on the official town seal. Planter: Not listed Website reference: Not listed Parking coordinates: Not Listed Walk time: Not Listed Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed

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