Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Chinkapin or chinquapin is a small tree found throughout the ...

Ozark chinquapin leaves and burrs Photograph by Brad Spudich Not long after taxonomists granted the tree independence from the lookalike Allegheny chinkapin in the 1930s and ‘40s and christened ...

There are three varieties of chinquapin trees, Paul Sisco, a member of The American Chestnut Foundation, says. Allegheny chinquapins are the trees that you'll find from Maryland down to Texas.