Consider the Butternut Tree, an “exotic.”  We occasionally include non-native plant species: Foxgloves, Dandelions, Evergreen Blackberries …  We know George Bush planted this tree. It was brought in the form of a cutting of a cutting from his farm in Missouri.  This cutting rode in a wagon with his family on the Oregon Trail.  It is a native of Easterners’ “Northwest” (i.e., University, Chicago).  (For those who don’t know, the George Bush was among the 1st pioneers in the State of Washington, a New Orleans War of 1812 veteran, and an African American).  This tree grows naturally in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois, stretching to the northeast into Ontario and Quebec.  The photo shown is the tree at the Bush homestead in Tumwater, Washington.  (This writer grew up on a Snohomish Farm with a Missouri Butternut cutting, if an apology is required.  These are among the most beautiful of trees.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_cinerea
https://news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/april-25-2014/
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/36055
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Juglans+cinerea
https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/butternut#:~:text=Field%20Guide&text=Butternut%2C%20or%20white%20walnut%2C%20is,hairs%20on%20the%20leaf%20stalk

The George Bush who planted the tree in the photo in Tumwater, Washington area (Bush Prairie) was a:

past US President
grandfather of a US President
Army veteran

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