EUREKA SPRINGS -- A once abundant and beloved tree is getting a helping hand to once again populate forests in the Ozarks. Ozark chinquapin trees, a hardy nut producing hardwood, once thrived across ...

Trees that were once abundant across the Ozarks are again taking root in the rugged landscape. Ozark chinquapin trees once stood majestic and tall as 65 feet with trunks two to three feet in diameter.

Giant chinkapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla), sometimes called golden-leafed chinquapin and golden-leafed chestnut because of the minute golden scales on the leaf bottom, is a western hardwood and is an ...

"A chinka-what?" I asked my grandparents, as they told me about this surprising and funny little nut that's widespread from Maryland down to Texas. My grandparents explained that they grew up enjoying ...