Images of the Allegheny chinquapin (Castanea pumila), a
diminutive cousin of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata)

Captions and photos by Joe Schibig unless stated otherwise
To use these photos, please seek permission from Joe Schibig or the other photographers
jschibig@volstate.edu

A fruiting chinquapin in Macon County, TN, on the Eastern Highland Rim (2005)

Summer foliage of Allegheny chinquapin at Cumberland Mountain State Park (2005)

The hairy undersurface of the Allegheny chinquapin leaf has a lighter color than the top surface.
(Cumberland Plateau, summer, 2005)

Fall foliage in Sumner County, TN, (October, 2006)

A chinquapin in full bloom at Dr. Hill Craddock's orchard close to Chattanooga, TN (May 31, 2003)

A fruiting chinquapin at Fall Creek Falls State Park (August, 2005)

Shrubby growth form of the Allegheny chinquapin in Sumner Co., TN (October, 2006)

  Fruits of the Allegheny chinquapin on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee ( September, 2005)

Chinquapin nut and bur in Sumner County, TN, (fall, 2006)

A snow-coated chinquapin (March, 2006)

Professor Joe Schibig and his student researchers, Sandra and Lloyd, stand by an Allegheny
chinquapin at Cumberland Mountain State Park (photo by Mark Vance, summer 2005)

Jack Torkelson is up in a 25 ft tall Allegheny chinquapin close to Highlands, NC (October, 2006).

David Flood, a TACF intern in NC harvests some Allegheny chinquapin fruits
(photo by Dr. Paul Sisco, summer 2006).

Bill Turner examines the flowers of an Allegheny chinquapin at 
Bend About Farm near Chattanooga, TN (May 31, 2003).

This photo by Dr. Paul Sisco shows the characteristics and relative sizes of the
fruits of the Allegheny chinquapin, American chestnut, and Chinese chestnut.

Range maps of Ozark chinquapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
and Allegheny chinquapin (Castanea pumila)

Please visit the TN-TACF chestnut website at:  http://www2.volstate.edu/tnchestnut/

Resurrecting the American Chestnut at:  http://www2.volstate.edu/jschibig/resurrectingthechestnut.htm

and to see images of the Ozark chinquapin, visit:  http://www2.volstate.edu/jschibig/ozark_chinkapin.htm