whats this?

[jdhoward]

People are saying chestnut but the leaves look different and the fruit isn't growing in clusters just a single ball on each leaf. I'm in des moines iowa

 

[TreeLogic]

Castanea dentata (American chestnut)

Different than Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra) and Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

 

[TreeLogic]

Could be Castanea mollissima.... (Chinese chestnut)

 

[jdhoward]

OK so its definitely some kind of chestnut. Thanks for the reply. The pattern of the leaflets threw me off.

 

[tomthetreeman]

If the tree is bigger than, say, 8" in diameter, it'd most likely Chinese chestnut.