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Jesse Saylor
(American Chestnut)
A massive deciduous tree, the American chestnut has bristled leaves and sweet edible nuts. Native to the interior eastern United States, it is a slow-growing, broad and round-canopied tree that has gray to grayish-brown bark. It also occurs in Canada's southern Ontario, making it the nation's only native chestnut. Since the 1930s, this species has been devastated by chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), so severely that remaining plants resprout from their trunks to merely form large...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Chinese Chestnut)
A spreading, deciduous tree, the Chinese chestnut has bristled leaves and starchy edible nuts. Native to Korea and northern China, it is a slow-growing, round-canopied tree that has spirally-furrowed, gray to grayish-brown bark. The leaves are simple (no lobes), oblong in shape with a tapered point and edges with teeth that end in very short bristles. The leaf undersides are lighter in color and softly fuzzy. In late spring or early summer, the branches are filled with flowers in fluffy white strings...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Chinquapin)
Chinquapin is a large, narrow shrub or small tree that has dual-colored leaves, caterpillar-like flowers and fruits that produce sweet edible nuts. A deciduous plant, it is naturally found growing under oak trees in the southeastern United States. The bark is pale reddish brown with gray castings, and larger branches will have a smooth, silvery gray bark that is lightly furrowed and scaled.
The branches are lined with simple (no lobes), tooth-and-bristled green leaves that are soft, woolly and...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Ozark Chinquapin)
Ozark chinquapin is a large, narrow shrub or small tree that has dual-colored leaves, caterpillar-like flowers and fruits that produce sweet edible nuts. A deciduous plant, it is naturally found growing under pine, hickory and oak trees in sandy soils in the south-central United States. The bark is pale brown-gray, and larger branches will have a smooth, silvery gray bark that is lightly ridged and scaled.
The branches are lined with simple (no lobes), blunt tooth-and-bristled yellow-green leaves...
Jesse Saylor
(Common Chestnut, Spanish Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut)
A tall deciduous tree, the Spanish chestnut has bristled leaves and sweet edible nuts, giving it the alternate name of sweet chestnut. Native originally to western Asia, from Iran to the Balkans, it is now widely found in southern Europe and coastal northern Africa. It has been cultivated for over 3000 years. This is the chestnut popular worldwide for roasting and eating. It likely was dubbed "Spanish chestnut" because Englishmen regarding nuts imported from Spain had the best flavor.
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