| Scientific Name: | Pterocarya spp. |
| Common Name: | wingnut |
| Family Name: | Juglandaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, Central / west Asia, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 15 - 25m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Open, Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Shade tree, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree), Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Distinctive smell, Odd-pinnate, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Nut, Samara, Green, Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves pinnately compound, up to 40cm long, with (7-)13-21(-27) mostly lanceolate, finely toothed, stalkless leaflets that are each 5-12cm long; male catkins up to 12cm long, female catkins up to 50cm long; winged-nut clusters on persistent pendulous trusses. Winter ID: cylindrical flower buds; pith chambered. | |