Juglans jamaicensis Juglans jamaicensis Juglans jamaicensis, the West Indian walnut, nogal, or palo de nuez, is a species of walnut in the Juglandaceae family. It is found in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. It is not, in fact, native to Jamaica, as its name would suggest. This is a large tree which can reach in height. The compound leaves are each made up of several lance-shaped, toothed leaflets up to 9 centimeters long. Trees bear male and female inflorescences, the male a catkin up to 11 centimeters long and the female an array of flowers at the end of
Juglans hindsii ("Quercus" spp.) and Fremont cottonwood ("Populus fremontii") trees. "Juglans hindsii" has only one confirmed native stand remaining. It is listed as Seriously Endangered on the California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Inventory. The IUCN classification is a Vulnerable species. It is threatened by hybridization with orchard trees, urbanization, and habitat conversion to agriculture. "Juglans hindsii" is a medium-sized tree of short bulky proportions. It grows up to tall, has a single erect trunk, commonly without branches for , and a crown that can be wider than the tree is tall. Trunks commonly reach in diameter near the base of the