Trees often mistaken for true chestnuts

 Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
 Horsechestnut (Buckeye) (Aesculus hippocastanum )

 

 

 
Edges of leaf are scalloped Produces acorns Buds covered with scales
Leaves broad and short Beechnut is tiny Very long, thin buds Birch-type bark
Compound leaf (7 leaflets) Buckeye nuts rounded

 

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