Plant Description
Deciduous tree or bushy shrub to 25 feet; leaves alternate, simple, elongate elliptical, with sharp teeth along the margins; flowers in May to June, male flowers with pungent odor, yellow, in elongated clusters, female flowers tiny; fruit ripening in September, edible, a nut in a splitting, spiny husk.

Castanea pumila, Chinquapin

All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell.

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