Plant · P-548

Allegheny Chinquapin

Castanea pumila

Allegheny Chinquapin is a chestnut that grows as a spreading, thicket-forming shrub instead of a single trunk, sending up new stems from underground suckers. Its small nuts are sweeter than a standard chestnut, and it starts bearing within two or three years of planting - decades faster than most chestnuts. Plant two together, since a lone chinquapin sets little fruit on its own. The same suckering habit that forms the thicket also holds a slope against erosion.