Juglans regia flavour. The Latin name for the walnut was "nux Gallica", "Gallic nut"; the Gaulish region of Galatia in Anatolia lies in highlands at the western end of the tree's presumed natural distribution. For the etymology and meaning of the word in English and other Germanic languages, see "walnut". "Walnut" does not distinguish the tree from other species of "Juglans". Other names include common walnut in Britain; Persian walnut in South Africa and Australia; and English walnut in North America and Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia, the latter name possibly because English sailors were prominent in "Juglans regia" nut distribution
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