The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

When he was a young boy, Fayetteville mayor Lioneld Jordan and his friends would collect the porcupine-like burrs of the Ozark Chinquapin and hammer the husks with the heels of their shoes to get the ...

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — More Ozark Chinquapin seeds were planted at Lake Leatherwood City Park in Eureka Springs on Feb. 28, and many curious folks showed up to learn more and help support ...

HOBBS STATE PARK — Al Knox has spent years here as a volunteer and trail supervisor. It was as a volunteer, in 2002, that he found the Ozark chinquapin. The chinquapin is a tree in the chestnut family ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A once abundant and beloved tree is getting a helping hand to once again populate forests in the Ozarks. Ozark chinquapin trees, a hardy nut producing hardwood, once thrived across ...

CASSVILLE, Mo. -- Each time he fills his orange shoe box with an unlikely treasure collected from the woods, Cheyne Matzenbacher hopes it makes a difference in the future of a species. "I didn't know ...

The Chinkapin Oak Tree, a beloved landmark in Woodland Way Park, was severely damaged during the Easter weekend storm, according to an announcement from Washington County Parks & Recreation. The tree, ...

Patricia Morais Fernandes, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. William Powell’s lab, is attempting to save the Ozark chinquapin (Castanea ozarkensis). The tree is a long-lost cousin of the American ...

Giant chinkapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla), sometimes called golden-leafed chinquapin and golden-leafed chestnut because of the minute golden scales on the leaf bottom, is a western hardwood and is an ...

"A chinka-what?" I asked my grandparents, as they told me about this surprising and funny little nut that's widespread from Maryland down to Texas. My grandparents explained that they grew up enjoying ...