Chinese Chestnut
(Castanea chinensis)
Fagaceae (Beech Family)
▲▼ mature tree
▲▼ leaves and buds
▲▼ fruit
▲▼ fruit
▲▼ fruit and nuts
▲ trunk and bark
Location on or near campus: west side of Discovery Center building; Japanese Stroll Garden
Castanea mollisima:
Chinese Chestnut
·
smaller
growing tree than American
Chestnut, with low branching, but with larger fruit and resistant to
blight
·
useful as
small landscape tree and for nut production