Plant Profile: Ozark Chinquapin  

Once a common sight, Missouri’s native chestnut tree, Castanea ozarkensis, provided food for people and animals as well as wood for furniture and musical instruments. Now, the tree, also called the Ozark chinquapin, is unfamiliar to most Missourians.   In the early 20th century, chestnut blight wiped out millions of Castanea ozarkensis. The remaining trees grow…