Butternut Tree

The butternut tree, or 'white walnut' has been dying since we arrived here in Grey County in 1996. Several have already died in the bush. On the fence line, they are faring slightly better and they are easily identified from the road as they have a very distinctive shape. We have one butternut tree that is still surviving and has 'kept it's shape'. Some of the branches are slowly dying...maybe hiding in shame as this is the tree that, at a young age, my cousins and I (maybe one of my siblings as well) lined up on a horizontal branch, 8 to 10 feet in the air and bellowed out our rendition of 'We are the Monkeys' while dancing as best we could!

Butternut Tree on the Fence Line of the 'Triangle Field'