Rare American Chestnut Trees Found in Wild

NPR : Rare American Chestnut Trees Found in Wild
National Public Radio reports that an expert, hiking near Pine Mountain, Georgia, has found a cluster of trees he identifies as American chestnut. The American chestnut blight wiped out the entire U.S. population of the trees in the early 1900s. Biologist Nathan Klaus stumbled on a "beautiful, almost mature American chestnut".
Interestingly, I have found American chestnuts in the wild in North Alabama and North Georgia. Seems they periodically succumb to the blight. So what's the big deal? Klaus suggests that these trees are where none have been found before and may be located in an area where the blight might not exist. Read more...
Discussion: American Chestnut Sprouts

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