California Black Walnut Wood

Black walnut wood black walnut also known as walnut or american walnut is one of the finest north american lumber species.

California black walnut wood.

Juglans hindsii the hinds black walnut also called the northern california walnut is a large tree up to 60 feet tall endemic to roughly circular area in california centered near fresno and reaching the san francisco bay area. Juglans californica the california black walnut also called the california walnut or the southern california black walnut is a large shrub or small tree about 20 49 feet tall of the walnut family juglandaceae endemic to california. The walnut tree is hearty shade tolerant and can grow to be quite large both in width and in height. It is commonly called claro walnut by the lumber industry and woodworkers and is the subject of some confusion over its being the root stock for english walnut orchard stock.

We just added 7 highly figured california black walnut slabs that were milled from a tree that we recently posted about. They do have some character adding checks. They would be great for custom live edge bar tops tables and many more woodworking projects. These slabs have great color and super fiddleback throughout.