Juglans californica Juglans californica Juglans californica, the California black walnut, also called the California walnut, or the Southern California black walnut, is a large shrub or small tree (up to 30 feet tall) of the walnut family, Juglandaceae, endemic to California. "Juglans californica" is generally found in the southern California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges, and the Central Valley. It grows as part of mixed woodlands, and also on slopes and in valleys wherever conditions are favorable. It is threatened by development and overgrazing. Some native stands remain in urban Los Angeles in the Santa Monica Mountains and Hollywood Hills.
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