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The American chestnut is a prolific bearer of nuts, beginning inflorescence and nut production in the wild when a tree is 8 to 10 years old. American chestnut burrs often open while still attached to the tree, around the time of the first frost in autumn, with the nuts then falling to the ground.
The American Chestnut Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing a disease-resistant American chestnut tree and restoring it to the native range in the eastern United States.
Learn how the Forest Service and its partners are restoring the American chestnut, a native tree that was almost wiped out by a fungus. Find out how different silvicultural treatments affect the survival and growth of blight-resistant seedlings.
Learn about the American chestnut, a native tree that was once abundant in eastern forests but is now endangered by a fungal blight. See photos, facts, and cultivars of this nut-bearing species.
May 3, 2024 · More than a century ago, the American chestnut ( Castanea dentata) was a common overstory tree across portions of eastern North American forests. These giants thrived on moist, well drained slopes and ridges across the Appalachians, towering more than 100 feet tall with an average diameter at breast height (DBH) of five to eight feet.
Oct 18, 2021 · American chestnuts were once among the most common trees in forests in the D.C. area, accounting for as many as one in four trees in some places. Nowadays, finding surviving chestnuts isn't...
Learn how the American chestnut tree was once abundant and valuable in the eastern U.S., but was devastated by a deadly blight. Discover the efforts to restore the tree through breeding and conservation.
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