“Guide to Campus Trees.” Forestry Graduate Students’ Association, University of Toronto, 16 June 2019, uoftfgsa.wordpress.com/guide-to-campus-trees/.
TorontoPFR. “Tree Highlight: Black Walnut (Juglans Nigra).” Instagram, 17 Sept. 2024, www.instagram.com/torontopfr/reel/DAB4R9gJvVt/.
Reddekopp, Lorenda. “Black Walnuts: ‘Killer Trees’ or Vital Part of the City?” CBC News, 3 Jan. 2017, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-walnuts-killer-trees-or-vital-part-of-the-city-1.3905834.
“Every year, residents show up at community council meetings with similar complaints, and request permission to chop down their trees. Each time, they're denied under the city's tree bylaw. But that could change.”
“Black Walnut Trees in Toronto.” PE17.2 - Report for Action, City of Toronto, 7 Feb. 2017, www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/pe/bgrd/backgroundfile-101289.pdf.
This City of Toronto report explains the effects of exempting black walnut trees (Juglans nigra) from protection under the City's tree bylaws over concerns of “community safety and canopy impacts.” An applicant may apply for permission to remove a black walnut tree under the provisions of the City's tree bylaws. If authority within bylaw provisions to issue a permit for tree removal is not possible, the applicant may appeal to the appropriate Community Council.
“Application to Remove a Private Tree – 6 Caines Avenue.” Report for Action, City of Toronto, 27 May 2021, www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-171494.pdf.
This report requests that City Council deny the request for a permit to remove one privately owned tree located at 6 Caines Avenue. By-laws do not support the removal of this tree as it is healthy and maintainable.
Shetty, Aastha. “Her Giant Black Walnut Tree Just Won a Beauty Pageant in Fergus, Ont.” CBC News, 1 Oct. 2023, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/tree-of-the-year-pageant-tree-trust-wellington-guelph-1.6980923.
A giant black walnut tree dating back to mid-1860s won the 2023 Tree of the Year award from Tree Trust.