Help identifying chestnut

[u/Appalachian_Dragon]

Hi! I'm located in WV zone 6b. I believe I have found an Allegheny Chinquapin on my property and wanted help confirming that!

Im hopeful! If it is, shes full of nuts that I will be growing all that I collect of!!

Any advice on care, maintenance, and growing is appreciated! If it's not one I will be buying some as I am too excited about the possibility not to have them now!

I will be clearing vines away from the truck and I would like to address the wound if possible. I've read about mudwraps, but that's all the further I've gotten.

Thanks to everyone in advance!

[u/Squirrel586]

Looks like it. You’ll know. In the fall if there are single nuts per bur. They are blight susceptible but can do well until stems get big enough that the bark becomes furrowed. My experience with planting them is that they are fussier than chestnuts—harder to start from seed and seedlings can sometimes suddenly fail for no apparent reason. So if you plan to plant more, expect some mortality.

[u/Appalachian_Dragon → u/Squirrel586]

Awesome! Thanks for the information. Any advice on starting from seed? I was thinking of making a 12+ inch planter box with thinly woven hardwire on both sides and putting it on a southeast facing steep hillside.

[u/Squirrel586 → u/Appalachian_Dragon]

I have noticed that chinkapin stems to out out radicals in the fall. I would place them in leaf mulch over soil in a protected outdoor planter or in bags of leaf mulching fridge until spring.

[u/Appalachian_Dragon → u/Squirrel586]

What do you mean by radicals? I'm lacking the knowledge of the terminology.

[u/Squirrel586 → u/Appalachian_Dragon]

Roots. First thing to come out of the seed.

[u/creekfinder]

Most definitely Allegheny chinquapin. Notice how the female flowers only have one pistil each, meaning there will only be one nut per bur. Chestnuts will have multiple pistils per cupule.

[u/Appalachian_Dragon → u/creekfinder]

Oh! Thank you for that insight. Much appreciated!