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What are these nuts?


These small round nuts are just about everywhere at the moment, and I would have thought they would be easy to identify. About the only thing I found so far is what they are not - they don't seem to be any type of hickory, beechnut or butternut.

They are found in SW, lower Michigan in mostly hardwood forests. So far the trees are all too tall to ID by leaves, I would guess 40-50 feet tall, with no leaves near the ground. The color varies from a yellowish green to light brown/tan, I guess the brownish ones are the more dried out versions. They are easily split open with just a fingernail and have a fairly soft center. I didn't have any luck searching for images by describing them. I am almost beginning to think they didn't come from a tree at all which is why the are so hard to ID.




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