Butternut (juglans cinerea) is a native of Ontario and Quebec. We have a couple of beauties in Victoria. This one is at the edge of the Garry Oak meadow at Government House. Another big one is on the west side of the Legislature. Butternut is a relative of Black Walnut (juglans nigra) and apparently the nuts are edible but I haven't tried them. The wood is soft for a deciduous tree but looks very nice. It's a buttery/amber colour with wavy grain. Some old eastern-Canadian furniture was Butternut, I love using it for chair seats.
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