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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Rob, looking at the ranges in my book, it looks like Butternut is found 
along the Appalachian chain running SW to NE, and there are two 
additional pockets of them, a small pocket between Charlottesville and 
Richmond(I had to compare it to good ol' Rand McNally) and another 
larger pocket north of Portsmouth/Norfolk and east of Richmond.  I'm not 
sure where you are.
Down in NC, the same pattern is found-indigenous along the mountains, 4 
pockets in the piedmont..roughly, Winston Salem, Charlotte, Greensboro, 
and Fayetteville.
I would think, under the right conditions, that you could probably grow 
them anywhere in VA, regardless of what these books say (Peterson Field 
Guide _Eastern Trees_ and National Audubon Society Nature Guide _Eastern 
Forests_

Bev
> Robert Walton wrote:
> > Does anyone know if Butternut will grow well in southern Virginia?
> > Rob Va

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