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| BLACK WALNUT -� Juglans nigra | |||||||||||||||||
| http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/poison/plantpages | |||||||||||||||||
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| Distinguishing features | |||||||||||||||||
| Walnut trees are 50-100 meters tall and have dark, deeply furrowed bark, alternate pinnately compound leaves with approximately 20 leaflets and a spherical fruit 3-7 centimeters in diameter. A thick green husk breaks open to reveal a hard, brown, furrowed nut. | |||||||||||||||||
| TOXICITY - high | |||||||||||||||||
| CLINICAL SIGNS - edema in legs, increased heart/respiratory rates and temperature, laminitis | |||||||||||||||||