Ashe's Chinquapin

While it is related to chestnuts, its not generally subject to chestnut blight, and if it gets it, will likely recover.



Natural settings as a small shade tree or large shrub.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Burr-covered nuts can cause a problem in residential landscapes.

Nuts are consumed by birds and other wildlife.

Dry, open sandy woods, hammock edges, sandy roadsides, fence rows in sandy fields, dry bluffs, pine-oak-hickory woods, floodplains, calcareous river hammocks.

• Aroma, fragrance, Fall color, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
• Larval host for orange-tipped oakworm moth (Anisota senatoria) which can cause significant defoliation.