Castanea dentata
American chestnut
American chestnut has been virtually wiped-out since forester Hermann Merkel discovered a disease called the Asian blight fungus in the Bronx Zoo in 1904. Native chestnuts now exist mostly as stump sprouts from the original fungus-blighted trees.
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An
American Chestnut Comeback
A quick and easy American chestnut overview.
American
Chestnut Sprout
(About Forestry Blog)
Eighty
Year Old American Chestnut Discovered
(About Forestry Blog)
From Virginia Tech
w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American
Hardwood Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
