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Castanea pumila |
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Allegheny Chinkapin or Allegheny Chestnut |
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5-9 |
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Pennsylvania to Florida and west to Oklahoma and Texas -
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20 to 25 feet but may be a shrub 6 to 10 feet tall. |
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Alternate, simple, elliptic-oblong or oblong-obovate, 3
to 5” long, 1 1/2 to 2” wide, acute, rounded or broadly
cuneate at the base, coarsely serrate, the teeth reduced
to bristles, dark green above, whitish and hairy below;
petiole 1/4 to 1/2” long. |
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Nut about 1.5
inches long in the involucre which is prickly. |
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