Butternut, sometimes called white walnut, is great for carving and other uses, but it is potentially an endangered species.

this species has slowly disappeared from the landscape due to a fungal disease. Butternut canker can cause large dead spots on the tree and can even girdle the tree and kill it before it can produce ...

A stretch of land along the Nashwaak River where endangered butternut trees grow is one of eight nature preserves created this month by the Nature Trust of New Brunswick. "Butternut is probably ...