Years ago stuck Thanksgiving nuts in the ground...

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  1. Bill J

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    I'm in rural Georgia. Years ago after moving here I would plant chestnuts and various Thanksgiving nuts around the yard. Trees have grown. I had been sure some were chestnuts. For a couple of years there have been flowers. The flowers are gone this year by a month or so. I just did a search and found what actual chestnut flowers and leaves look like so now I'm wondering what these are. They seem to be attacked readily so I suspect these might not be native. The first two photos show the unknown tree and its leaves in a closeup showing some kind of leaf disease. The third shows a leaf of what I hope is my hazlenut tree. Thanks for any advice you can give on these.

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    tipularia Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Second one looks like a persimmon, Diospyros virginiana
     
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    tipularia Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Last one looks like a post oak, Quercus stellata
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    These are of course self-sown local plants, not from the nuts you planted. Shop-bought nuts are rarely, if ever, viable - too dry, and often rancid due to poor storage conditions, by the time they reach you.
     
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    Oh. Thanks.
     
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    Okay, so I wanted to make sure before taking an ax to the first tree. I had planted many almonds as well as chestnuts and hazelnuts. On the website I found a homeowner in Sacramento asking if a tree in the yard could be identified. It seemed similar to this tree and was identified as a Prunus caroliniana. I looked more closely at much older trees on the property and found a Prunus of which I've attached a photos. However, comparing the leaves of the Prunus with this tree I see the Prunus has serrated edges while this does not - nor does this have the green berries although that might be due to this tree being only ~15 years. Maybe I'll wait a while before taking it down.

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    It's an oak. I'm finding acorns on the ground for the first time this year. Tough to argue with acorns.
     
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    As it turns out the acorns were from a neighboring tree.
     

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    I thought Chinese chestnut might be possible as one of the trees is dropping these which seem similar to the husks covering chestnuts.
     

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    sweetgum
     
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    Of the three photos in the initial post, the center post plant now has berries. There are many of these on my property but I don't find them elsewhere in the area.
     

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    Beautyberry Callicarpa.
     

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