Useful and Edible Plants of California / California black walnut (Juglans hindsii)

• Grows in moist soils of stream borders and valleys.
• Nuts taste like English walnuts, but wilder (the shells are much thicker on the California black walnut).
• Bows were made from the wood.
• The heartwood is rot resistent and is dark in color.
• The green husk of the nut was used as a dark, brown dye.
• The nut shells were made into California Native American game pieces.