Hickory down

I bought this a few years ago

Maasdam Rope Puller Kit

I got 150ft of rope. Then a 50ft rope. There are times 150ft is just too much to mess with.

No obvious damage to the rope. The kit works well.

 

Kinda sorta.

 

While doing yard cleanup, I came across empty husks. Woodland critters enjoyed them.

Spiny buggers


Almost alien-like

 

i call those porcupine nuts!

 

Waaaaaaaait a minute. Are those CHESTNUT husks? Is there a Chinese chestnut tree nearby, Horse Chestnut or what?

 

Nah. None around.

 

Strange because they're a dead ringer for them....

 

Hmmm.... I always thought it was a hickory tree. No showy flower blossoms like a chestnut.

I've found the actual hickory nuts, in the past. No shiny skin on it. Thus my understanding of it being a hickory.

 

Hickories and Pecans all have smooth green shells, whereas what you've got is something worth further investigation I believe.

 

It's possible that squirrels carried the husks from some distance away from the tree that they came from.

 

Well... I recall seeing leaves with jagged edges. Like a chestnut.

Whatever it is. It's css'd.

 

I'll watch for the leaves on the remaining sprouts.

Worse case I have ok shoulder wood.

 

Looks kind of like Chinese Chestnut bark:
Chinese Chestnut Bark

 

Pictures that prove it, right! Nice job mike

 

Wow! You didn’t mess around. Good feeling to see a tree through the entire process in such quick order

 

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Wow... about all I can say.

 

They look like Castanea pumila Chinquapin tree Dwarf Chestnut

 

Too many syllables for me.

 

Only thing is the tree that came down was no dwarf...