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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Beech Family
  7. Chestnuts

genus

Chestnuts

Castanea

Traits
Includes
4 native 3 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sweet Chestnut introduced
  • American Chestnut native
  • Chinese Chestnut introduced
  • Allegheny Chinquapin native
  • Japanese Chestnut introduced
  • Ozark Chinquapin native
  • Hybrid Chestnut
  • Alabama Chinquapin native
  • Chinese Dwarf Chestnut
  • Henry's Chestnut
  • Chinknut native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native chestnuts All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • American Chestnut Castanea dentata caterpillars 91 bees 1 hosts 17 food 12 flowers 25 shelter 5
  • Allegheny Chinquapin Castanea pumila caterpillars 38 bees 1 food 5 flowers 29
  • Ozark Chinquapin Castanea ozarkensis caterpillars 22 food 1 flowers 6
  • Alabama Chinquapin Castanea alabamensis

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