spiny outer shells of the nuts and and the actual nuts are three sided.
American Beech tree nuts. Important food for wildlife including black bear, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, squirrel, and woodpeckers. In the past decade, beech trees in the park have been nearly wiped out by the invasive beech bark disease.
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