The Heartnut is a beautiful nut that fits right at home on Valentine’s Day. The nut is easy to crack and remove from the shell. Too bad most of my trees have dieback from harsh winters.
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Wooly Worm
I found a lot of weird insects feeding on a Heartnut tree. They are known as Butternut Wooly Worms and are larvae of a sawfly.
Heartnut
There are a few Heartnuts(Juglans ailantifolia) growing here, but the seed source I think is not very hardy. There has been dieback multiple times and only 4 out of 5 are currently alive. This year was the first year that a nut was finally produced. You can see how it got the name Heartnut.