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 | | The fruit is a spiny cupule 5-11 cm diameter, containing 2-7 nuts. |
 | | Castanea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail, Common Emerald, Endoclita excrescens, Endoclita sinensis, The Engrailed, Feathered Thorn, The Satellite and Yellow-tail. |
 | | The American Chestnut, formerly one of the dominant trees of the eastern United States, has been almost wiped out by a fungal disease, chestnut blight, Cryphonectria parasitica. |
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