Butternut

Juglans cinerea
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Butternut|White Walnut
Butternut lumber at Rare Woods USA

Butternut (Juglans cinerea) is often called White Walnut, and it’s a true member of the walnut family. It grows across the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, and it’s much lighter and softer than its walnut cousins.

The color is a pleasant light tan with a soft, pastel look, and some boards carry a pink or reddish tint. The grain is mostly straight with a medium to coarse texture, and the tree’s fluted trunk can produce irregular, eye-catching figure. It looks a lot like a pale walnut, which makes it a handsome choice for furniture with a softer, lighter tone.

Its low density makes it very easy to work by hand or machine, and like other walnuts it turns, glues, stains and finishes well. Despite being soft it’s fairly durable, though like all walnuts it can be attacked by insects, and it dents more easily than harder woods.

Butternut is a favorite with carvers and is also used for furniture, paneling, boxes, crafts and veneer. Many North American trees have been lost to butternut canker, a fungal disease, so good lumber is becoming harder to find. For a darker walnut, see American Black Walnut.

Not listed in the CITES Appendices. Classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of butternut canker, a fungal disease that has killed many trees across North America.

Why We Love This Wood

Soft, light and a dream to carve, with a warm tan color all its own.

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Vital Statistics
Main Color GroupLight Brown
Grain Pattern Pronounced
Avg Dry Weight - LB/BF2.3
Avg Dry Weight - KG/M3435
Janka Hardness - LBF490
Janka Hardness - N2180
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BUTTER1378
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48.38"
| Grade: B
worm holes, knots, bark inclusions.

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Butternut
BUTTER1377
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Butternut
BUTTER1376
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48.38"
| Grade: B
bark inclusions, knots, some planing imperfections, worm tracks.

$24.89

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Butternut
BUTTER1375
1"
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47.50"
| Grade: B
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$25.39

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BUTTER1374_1
Butternut
BUTTER1374
1"
x 6" x
48.25"
| Grade: B
bark inclusions, knots with void, edge defects. some small skip planing.

$24.40

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Butternut
BUTTER1373
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| Grade: B
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$26.15

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Butternut
BUTTER1372
1"
x 7" x
48.50"
| Grade: B
checking down board, bark inclusions, large knots with void.

$28.22

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Butternut
BUTTER1371
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48.38"
| Grade: B
some checking along board, bark inclusions, edge defects.

$27.73

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Butternut
BUTTER1370
1"
x 7" x
48.38"
| Grade: AB
skip planing, worm holes, some worm tracks as well, bark inclusions,and light discoloration throughout.

$30.00

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BUTTER1369_1
Butternut
BUTTER1369
1"
x 7" x
48.38"
| Grade: B
worm holes, large knots/bark inclusions, planing imperfections.

$27.73

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BUTTER1368_1
Butternut
BUTTER1368
1"
x 7" x
42.25"
| Grade: B
large knots, some planing imperfections, bark inclusions

$20.25

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BUTTER1367
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42.25"
| Grade: B
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$20.03

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Butternut
BUTTER1363
1"
x 6" x
42.13"
| Grade: AB
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$19.55

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Butternut
BUTTER1361
.9"
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| Grade: A
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$27.94

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Butternut
BUTTER1360
.9"
x 6" x
48.25"
| Grade: A
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$28.98

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