AMERICAN BLACK WALNUT

Black walnut typically grows as scattered individual trees or in small groups throughout the central and eastern parts of the United States and is also know as the Juglans nigra

During colonial times it was the tree to have when building fine furniture, until the latter half of the 18th century. As was common for the times, a house owned by Abe Lincoln was built with braced-frame oak construction but the exterior and interior trim, doors, siding, and shingles were black walnut.

The fine straight-grained wood makes prize pieces of solid furniture and gunstocks along with wood flooring. High quality black walnut is also used as veneer attached to woods of lesser value.

The tree's durable wood has been used to make everything from sailing vessels to cricket bats even its distinctive tasting nuts are in demand for baked goods and ice cream. Even so, black walnut is considered by many to be dent-resistant, which accounts for its wide use in flooring

The American Walnut is imported from the most sustainable forests in America now being used very commonly with high end projects within the furniture and flooring industry.