Hey everyone... I have had some pretty good success here trying to ID the various plants growing in the yard of the house I bought (the last one I posted was correctly ID'ed as grape hyacinths), and I was hoping I could get your help one more time. It is clear that the lady I bought the house from has no idea what she had. She told me that the grape hyacinths were "chives" and that this next plant is a "weed." Now that I have seen it grow and sprout leaves (and fruit / nuts) with my own eyes, I am beginning to doubt her once again. Somebody told me this could be a black walnut tree? It is rather young. I took some crappy pics with my cell phone. I hope I can learn more about this tree:
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Here it is growing above my shed:
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And here is what it is bearing:
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Any help would be appreciated!
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Oh yeah, squirrels love them! I think my big old black walnut tree feeds the squirrels all year. But the squirrels plant them for you. The walnuts do not sprout unless they are planted. The squirrels bury lots of them to save for later and then they forget where they put some of them. The squirrels like to dig in the nice soft dirt of the planting beds, so I frequently have baby walnut trees pop up in my flower and veggie beds. But of all the thousands of walnuts it drops, those are the only ones that sprout, the ones that are nicely planted in nice beds.
I think it is a deal the tree and the squirrels have worked out: the tree feeds the squirrels in return for having some of its seeds all nicely planted in good spots.
I think it is a deal the tree and the squirrels have worked out: the tree feeds the squirrels in return for having some of its seeds all nicely planted in good spots.