ACs?

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Been monitoring this tree since I bought my property and wanted to confirm what it is. A few things I've noticed:

1) Leaves look like dunstans I have, but smaller
2) In the spring, it has catkins that bloom
3) The husk is round and splits in half once ripe
4) The nut is blackish brown and is shaped like an acorn

I'm thinking its an allegheny chinkapin. Any ideas?

Also, any ideas why the bark is splitting as shown in the last picture?

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Looks like an AC to me. Unfortunately, the AC is susceptible to the same fungus as American chestnuts. Once infected, dark, seeping cankers appear on the main stems, and they die down to the ground, where they sometimes resprout from the roots.
 
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After looking into the bark splits, it appears to be caused by chestnut blight unfortunately. This is the third year that I've monitored it. Anyone know if the splitting ever heals itself, instead of killing the tree?


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After looking into the bark splits, it appears to be caused by chestnut blight unfortunately. This is the third year that I've monitored it. Anyone know if the splitting ever heals itself, instead of killing the tree?


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Usually kills off top growth and the tree may re-sprout from the roots, only to repeat the cycle again... and again... and again....
 
Had some mulching done earlier in the year around the area that I found the ACs. This weekend I ran across these. Are these AC seedlings? Never seen them that small, just the larger multistemmed trees. If they are, going to try to tube them.


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