Did you know we have a dwarf Chestnut native to Florida? Common Chinquapin (aka Allegheny Chinquapin) Castanea pumila Fagaceae (Beech & Oak Family) The nuts are much smaller than those of the American Chestnut, Castanea dentata, which is also native to Florida. Though small, Chinquapin nuts are still just as edible and delicious. Chinquapin is a small tree found in sandhills and other xeric uplands across the Coastal Plain - including north-central Florida and the panhandle. It resembles a dwarf