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 is another native nut that evokes fond memories in folks that grew up in the first part of the last century: the Allegheny Chinkapin, Castanea pumila. The Allegheny Chinkapin is related to the ...

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 ...