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Spotting

Description:

Nut or fruit

Habitat:

Oak manzanita chapparel

1 Species ID Suggestions

Brinschk
Brinschk 11 years ago
American Chestnut
Castanea dentata American chestnut


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4 Comments

Travis Morse
Travis Morse 11 years ago

I think it looks like a buckeye seed. If you can find the tree you think it is from and there are no leaves, buckeye trees have opposite branching and chestnuts have alternate branching.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

If it is a buckeye seed (nut) then don’t eat them unless you know specific leaching techniques because they’re poisonous.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

I think this might be a California Buckeye, bulb like seed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_ca...
http://www.stevenkharper.com/buckeye.htm...

Brinschk
Brinschk 11 years ago

For me it looks like a chestnut, as you are in california, perhaps the American chestnut, as i suggested above?

Ash1982
Spotted by
Ash1982

California, USA

Spotted on Nov 8, 2012
Submitted on Nov 8, 2012

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