Castanea pumila, commonly known as the Allegheny chinquapin, American chinquapin (from the Powhatan) or dwarf chestnut, is a species of chestnut native to the southeastern United States. The native range is from Massachusetts and New York to Maryland and extreme southern New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania south to central Florida, west to ...

Chinkapin is a monoecious multi-stemmed, thicket-forming shrub or small tree with spreading lower branches and ascending upper branches. If grown as a tree in can reach 15-30 feet tall. It is resistant to the chestnut blight and can usually recover if infected.

2021年5月4日 · The Allegheny chinkapin, also called common chinkapin, may well be the most ignored and undervalued native North American nut tree. It has been widely hailed as a sweet and edible...

2012年5月24日 · A relative of the American chestnut, Allegheny chinkapin is a tall, native, deciduous, nut-producing shrub that can be found growing from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, south to Florida, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma, and southern Ohio.

Allegheny chinkapin is a spreading shrub or small tree reaching a mature height of 20 feet under ideal conditions. The leaves are similar to the Chinese or American chestnut only smaller. They are 3-6 inches long with pointed teeth. The nuts are enclosed in spiny burs about an inch in diameter and golden in color. By contrast, chestnuts

Chinkapins have only one small, pointed nut per bur (versus up to three nuts per bur for chestnuts). Chinkapin burs open into two sections (valves) whereas chestnut burs open into four sections. Top: Chinkapin nuts: note the pointed end. Middle: American chestnuts: note the hairy surface. Bottom: Chinese chestnuts: note the rounded end.

2022年11月3日 · One of the best, and sadly underutilized nut producing shrubs is the Allegheny chinquapin (Castanea pumila), also known as the dwarf chestnut. Allegheny chinquapin is native from Texas and Oklahoma, across the southeastern states and north into the southern portions of …

Castanea pumila, commonly known as the Allegheny chinquapin, American chinquapin (from the Powhatan) or dwarf chestnut, is a species of chestnut native to the southeastern United States.

2022年8月15日 · Castanea pumila or dwarf chestnut (Allegheny chinquapin) is considered a small tree or shrub. This perennial native chestnut species grows in the southeastern United States. It produces a fruit in the form of an edible nut found inside a bristly bur. How does Castanea pumila differ from other chinkapin trees?

Ozark chinquapin is typically found on dry uplands in deciduous or mixed woodlands, but also on cliff margins, talus slopes, and rocky ridges. Chinquapin grows well on almost all soil textures except heavy clay soils . Chinquapin ranges in elevation from sea level to about 4,455 (1350 m) in the southern Appalachians .