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 ...
Steve Bost will show you some Ozark chinquapin trees. “But I’d have to blindfold you before you get in the car,” he jokes. Deep in the rolling southeast Missouri Ozarks, Bost gets out of his car at ...
"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 ...